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The Public Health Agency of Sweden supervises tobacco and nicotine products at national level. We are also responsible for market surveillance of e-cigarettes, tobacco products and herbal products for smoking. Here you can read about supervision and market surveillance and how we work.

Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Snus use has also a negative impact on health. The majority of all people who smoke starts at an early age. Therefore, it is important to understand the contributing factors for tobacco onset to prevent tobacco use in children…

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 products.

Retailers, operators of first retail outlets, who sell tobacco products to consumers, are responsible for having economic operator identifier codes and facility identifier codes for their facilities, and that the information provided is correct and up-to-date.

Unit packets of tobacco products must carry a traceability marking and a tamper proof security feature. This applies for all tobacco products, produced in or imported to the European Union, from May 20th 2024.

To be able to check whether a tobacco product is authentic or not, the unit packet must carry a tamper proof security feature, with visible and invisible elements. Cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco supplied to consumers in Sweden must have a safety feature with at least five authentication elements.

Unit packets of tobacco products that are provided to consumers on the Swedish market must carry a security feature consisting of at least five authentication elements details. The security features used on the Swedish market are presented on this page.

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.

The information sheet summarises certain provisions that apply to the sale of tobacco-free nicotine products. It is important that you as a retailer know all the rules that apply to your business.

Factsheet informing about the new rules for the selling of tobacco that come into force on 1 July 2019. Wholesalers who wish to sell tobacco products to parties other than consumers must now apply for a permit from the municipality in order to do so.