Snus: The Swedish Solution to Smoking? Debating the Benefits and Risks

Snus: The Swedish Solution to Smoking? Debating the Benefits and Risks

Sweden is close to declaring itself “smoke-free.” Anti-smoking campaigns and legislation, as well as the availability of snus, contribute to Sweden’s low smoking rates. Only 6.4% of Swedes over 15 were daily smokers in 2019, the lowest in the EU. Smoking in Sweden has decreased, with smoking rates reaching 5.6% last year. Smoking is prohibited … Read more

The Next Big Thing: The Initiative on Critical & Emerging Technologies (ICET)

Washington D.C. When India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval meets with his counterpart Jake Sullivan for the first high-level dialogue of the Initiative on Critical & Emerging Technologies (ICET) on Tuesday, they may have finally found the answer to a question that has puzzled observers of the Indo-US relationship since the 2008 nuclear deal: … Read more