Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

From cigarettes to snuff to nicotine pouches: the unusual Icelandic model for tobacco harm reduction

While snus has provided an increasingly popular off-ramp for those looking to switch away from smoking in Sweden and Norway, Icelanders have taken to a different selection of safer nicotine products, and this Briefing Paper uncovers the story of their rise.

What are nicotine pouches?

Nicotine pouches are a relatively new product which can provide users of high-risk tobacco with an alternative that poses fewer risks to their health. Here we provide an introduction to the tobacco harm reduction potential of this category. This audiobok was generated with the ElevenLabs.io toolkit.