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Being outdoors can provide many health benefits for both physical and mental health. Access to outdoor areas and the opportunity to practice outdoor activities therefore play an important role in public health.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden has the overall national responsibility for protecting the population against communicable diseases. The Agency must also coordinate infection control and preparedness against cross-border health threats.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is responsible for coordinated monitoring within alcohol, narcotics, doping, tobacco and nicotine products, and gambling. We also compile, analyse, and disseminate knowledge in order to prevent related illness.

On this page you will find a list of tobacco free nicotine products that consumers are expected to find on the Swedish market. Information about the products that constitute trade secrets will not be made public.

Before you make tobacco free nicotine products available to consumers on the Swedish market, you need to notify the sale to either the municipality or us. Tobacco free nicotine products must be compliant with the legal requirements in Sweden and only be sold to those who have reached the age of 18.

Tobacco manufacturers and importers are responsible for marking the products with the traceability marking and the security features. This has to be correctly done to secure that the markings are tamperproof.

This patient information leaflet about impetigo in children can be used during a visit to a healthcare centre.

Cannabis is the most common narcotic drug in Sweden. In the age group 16–84 years 3.5 percent of men and 1.6 percent of women have used cannabis over the past 12 months in 2024.