Is snus legal in Sweden? [closed]

Have read on the internet that there's a tobacco product called snus that appears to be legal in Sweden while banned many countries.

Can you bring snus into Sweden and out of Sweden? Or will you be fined and have the snus confiscated if you do so?

Snus seems like some form of tobacco that you put under your lip and can also be sold as small packages.

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Are nicotine pouches legal in Sweden?

Because tobacco-free nicotine pouches were not banned there, the Epok brand was discontinued in Sweden and replaced by Lyft, an otherwise identical product that contains pine and eucalyptus fibers instead of tobacco filler. As of February 2020, Epok is still sold by Norwegian and Swedish grocery stores.

Are nicotine pouches legal in the EU?

Europe \u2013 EU: The European Union has put a ban on tobacco snus, while nicotine pouches are not regulated under the current tobacco regulations. The EU Commission has defined Nicotine Pouches as a consumer product with non-pharmaceutical nature which resemble tobacco for oral use subject to the TPD bans under Article 17.

Is snus banned in Denmark?

Snus is not allowed to be sold in Denmark.

Why is snus banned in EU?

The European Union's (EU's) current ban on the sale of snus is in direct violation of one of its own governing principles \u2013 that of promoting the free movement of goods within the EU. Further, the European Commission concedes that cigarettes, whose sale is not banned, have far greater health consequences than snus.

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