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In January 2025, the Swedish government adopted a new comprehensive national strategy for mental health and suicide prevention, combining mental health and wellbeing with suicide prevention in the same policy.

Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products are responsible for several vital parts of the traceability system, such as marking the products with unique identifiers. Manufacturers are also responsible for providing recording equipment to all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco

Novel tobacco products that are available to consumers on the Swedish market must carry health warnings in Swedish on its packages. The health warnings for novel tobacco products differs depending on if it is a smokeless tobacco product or a tobacco product for smoking.

The use of nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes, has increased among adolescents.

In Sweden, tobacco free nicotine products are regulated by the Act on Tobacco Free Nicotine Products. This legislation regulates for example product notifications, product requirements, sales and marketing of tobacco free nicotine products.

The Swedish method for prescribing physical activity were chosen as best practice by the European Commission to be implemented in other EU Member States. The transfer and adoption were supported through the project EUPAP – A European Physical Activity on Prescription model – coordinated…

Specially invited experts, researchers, civil servants and policymakers from the Nordic countries and other EU countries.

The infectious disease mpox is essentially a zoonotic disease, i.e. a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans. The virus can also be transmitted between humans.

Antibiotics must be used responsibly and the availability of antibiotics of special medical value must be safeguarded. The Government has commissioned the Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) to propose and pilot new models for keeping approved antibiotics available on the Swedish market.

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