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Sweden Hits Smoke-Free Goal of Under 5% Daily Smokers
CAN said daily smoking fell from 16% in 2003 to 4.8% in 2025, as Sweden became the first country to meet its smoke-free target.
- Sweden reached its goal of becoming smoke-free in 2025, with daily smokers falling to 4.8 percent of the population, according to the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
- Mats Ramstedt, head of research at the Swedish Council, credited broad preventative work including advertising bans and higher taxes that made smoking both harder and more expensive since 2003.
- While cigarette smoking declined, 24 percent of Swedes used nicotine daily in 2025, with around 19 percent using snus daily and snus use among women rising from four percent to 14 percent.
- Ramstedt disputed snus as the decisive factor in reducing smoking, stating, "My assessment is that there is a lack of studies proving this, and I would maintain that it is primarily down to preventative measures."
- The CAN report noted that far less is known about the long-term health effects of new nicotine products compared to cigarettes, though nicotine remains highly addictive.
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The number of daily smokers decreased from 16% to 4.8% between 2003 and 2025, according to a report published by the Swedish Information Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
The country has achieved its goal, but a quarter of the population still consumes nicotine on a daily basis, says the Swedish Alcohol and Other Drug Information Council in its paper released on Monday, 25 May.
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The Scandinavian country crosses the symbolic threshold of the tobacco-free country, although consumption of nicotine in other forms remains high Sweden has achieved its goal of becoming a tobacco-free country
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 23%
R 31%
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