Plot of snuff shelves in May.
It may be the result of the new Tobacco Act by Parliament hammer through.
– You might start hoarding their favorite brands so that they will not remain without a period, says Hildingsson, Communications tobacco manufacturer Swedish Match.
at the beginning of April this year clubbed parliament through the new tobacco Act, which is an adaptation to the EU directive on tobacco products. After a consultation with the legal regulations presented the Public Health Agency yesterday what will apply – and snus manufacturers will be busy days.
For over three weeks on May 20, must snuff packages to be updated with warnings similar to those already on cigarette packs . In addition, the boxes do not indicate how much nicotine snuff contains.
– Some products have entered the lower levels of nicotine to be marketed as more healthy, which is not allowed under the rules which the European Commission has produced. Now adapted to Swedish law provisions, says Josefin Jonsson, head of the unit for alcohol and tobacco supervision of the Public Health Agency.
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at the manufacturer Swedish Match is one very critical of the short transition phase.
– I have never had any other where a nutritional forced conversion of three weeks. As we see it, it becomes impossible to carry out the conversion of four weeks for the marking of packaging, says Hildingsson, Communications at Swedish Match.
Snuff boxes of out of date marking in stock in stores May 20 may continue to be sold until may 20, 2017. But for manufacturers – and ultimately consumers – it does not help much when the turnover is very high, with over five million made cans every week.
the Public Health Agency believes that the short changeover phase will depend on the legislative process.
– Yes, it’s very short. But we have not had a tobacco law in place until the middle of April and before the agency has not authority to influence the process. We have been working in a very hectic pace to get clear, says Josefin Jonsson at the Public Health Agency.
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“Start hoarding”
the new law makes snus manufacturers are forced to produce new labels with warnings and updated contents declaration to their boxes.
What does this mean for all consumers?
– We will not be able to have legal products for May 20 It takes time to get new labels and packaging production. But we will do our best and make every effort to meet the law, says Hildingsson.
How it will echo plot of snuff shelves?
– We will not being able to face the problem of our entire range. For the industry at large will it be to trade either selling it illegally, or there is no snuff in store.
Are snus consumers begin hoarding?
– Yes, it might be the answer. To begin to hoard their favorite brands so that they will not remain without a period.
“been well aware”
Swedish Match is hoped now that the Public Health Agency and Public Health Gabriel Wikstrom a review of situation.
According to the minister’s press secretary, it is because the short conversion time of the EU.
– this is an EU directive that was negotiated in 2013 and adopted in spring 2014. the national commission presented its proposals for implementation in February 2015. I understand that it can feel like short on time, but snuff manufacturers have been well aware that this was the time and date of the directive is to be implemented, says Helena Paues, press secretary of Public Health, Gabriel Wikström.
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