{"id":3829,"date":"2026-06-15T14:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consideratepouchers.org\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:22:31","slug":"consultation-response-on-tobacco-products-and-tobacco-advertising-revision-of-eu-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consideratepouchers.org\/fi\/consultation-response-on-tobacco-products-and-tobacco-advertising-revision-of-eu-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation response on Tobacco products and tobacco advertising \u2013 revision of EU rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Considerate Pouchers welcomes the opportunity to contribute the consumer perspective to the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. Adult access to nicotine pouches should be protected through proportionate, product-specific EU regulation, especially as divergent national rules have already created serious problems. France\u2019s 2025 ban shows how adults who switched away from cigarettes can lose legal access while cigarettes remain widely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicotine pouches should not be treated like cigarettes. They contain no tobacco leaf, involve no combustion, and offer adult smokers a smoke-free alternative. Sweden\u2019s daily smoking rate of 3.7 percent shows how legal access to lower-risk nicotine products can support major reductions in smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU rules should focus on strict youth protection, including a harmonised 18+ age limit, while avoiding measures that amount to prohibition. Blanket flavour bans and nicotine caps below 20 mg per pouch would make switching less attractive, risk relapse to smoking, and push consumers toward unregulated online and cross-border markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/consideratepouchers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-view-from-pouch-users-across-Europe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full submission here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considerate Pouchers  submit response to call for evidence on Tobacco products and tobacco advertising<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consultations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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