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Air pollution worse than smoking mother: study

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 12
Exhaust fumes and ground-level ozone increase the risk for premature birth, according to a study by a team of researchers at Umeå University in northern Sweden. READ »

Addicts die after smoking pain-relief patches

National: 18 Jan 12
After several deaths in southern Sweden have been linked to the use the drug fentanyl, a pain-relief patch meant for cancer patients, local police are now calling it the “most serious drug problem” in the area. READ »

Ten Swedish brands everyone should know

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 11
While Ikea, H&M, and Ericsson are all well known Swedish brands, here's a list of ten more products and brands from the land of the midnight sun that any self-proclaimed Swedophile should also know. READ »

Sweden sees spike in sudden infant deaths

Science & Technology: 24 Oct 11
The incidence of cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has begun to increase again in Sweden with 27 children dying in 2010. READ »

Snus 'worse than smoking' for infant apnea

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 11
Infants born to mothers who used moist snuff or 'snus' while pregnant are at a greater risk of suffering from apnea than children whose mothers merely smoked during gestation, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Snus boosts post-heart attack mortality: study

Science & Technology: 30 Aug 11
Users of moist snuff or 'snus' who have suffered a heart attack can greatly reduce their chances of dying if they give up the habit, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Council touts work at home smoking ban

Society: 26 Aug 11
Landskrona municipality in southern Sweden is mulling introducing a ban on staff smoking during working hours, even if they are working from home. READ »

Swedish teens drink less alcohol

Society: 5 Jul 11
The percentage of Swedish 15-year-olds who drink alcohol has dropped to the lowest level in decades, and cigarette smoking among teens is also on the decline, according to a Swedish newspaper report. READ »

Greens: 'ban military arms exports'

Politics: 22 May 11
The Green Party's Congress has decided to push for a ban on the sales of arms for military purposes and will continue its position that Sweden cease all non-UN-led missions, amongst other decisions. READ »

Court rules prisoner smoking ban illegal

Society: 24 Mar 11
Prisoners in Swedish prisons can not be forbidden from smoking in their cells with reference to fire risk or safety reasons, the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled in a case concerning an inmate at Skänninge prison. READ »

Public health body backs call for tobacco-display ban

Politics: 22 Mar 11
The Greens and the Left Party want to get rid of tobacco displays in Swedish shops, a proposal supported by the National Institute of Public Health but resisted by the government parties. READ »

Sweden takes snus fight to Brussels

Politics: 20 Feb 11
Sweden's social affairs minister Göran Hägglund has demanded that the EU removes its ban against moist snuff or 'snus', arguing that the product is "significantly less damaging than cigarettes". READ »

Nicotine replacement therapy sales soar

Society: 24 Jan 11
Sales of nicotine replacement therapy products in Sweden jumped 10 percent last year compared to 2009 as they become more easily available across the country, according to figures from the Apoteket Service. READ »

Swedish landlord to pay tenants who tattle on smoking neighbours

Society: 13 Jan 11
A plan by a landlord in northern Sweden to pay tenants to report neighbours who violate a building's no-smoking policy and then evict offenders has been slammed by a tenants rights group. READ »

Kids with 'smart' parents smoke more weed: study

Science & Technology: 22 Nov 10
Cannabis use among Swedish high school students is more common among those with university-educated parents, according to a new study published by the National Institute of Public Health. READ »

Elderly Swede fined for dumping water on smoking neighbour

Society: 20 Nov 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has been convicted for extinguishing a neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Internet savvy Swedes launch 'Angry note 2.0'

Science & Technology: 31 Oct 10
The angry note, such a common feature of neighbourly grievance in a shared block of flats in Sweden, is being supplemented by the adoption of provocative names for wireless internet networks in a trend dubbed Angry note 2.0. READ »

Swedish woman killed in Florida murder-suicide

National: 23 Oct 10
A Swedish woman killed by her husband in Florida in a murder-suicide on October 15th had told authorities one month earlier that his swinging lifestyle had led to physical and mental abuse. READ »

Many smokers keep puffing post heart attack

Science & Technology: 6 Oct 10
Only a little over half of Swedish smokers who have suffered heart attacks manage to kick the habit, a new study shows. READ »

Sleepless Swede charged for dousing smoking neighbour

Society: 16 Sep 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Ten more of the Swedes' quirkiest habits

Lifestyle: 3 Sep 10
Taking inspiration from comments make by readers of The Local, US exile Doug Lansky offers up ten more distinctly Swedish habits which often give expats plenty to talk about. READ »

IVF children have higher cancer risk: study

Science & Technology: 20 Jul 10
A study on Swedish children born after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has shown that they have a moderately higher cancer risk than other children. READ »

Interview: How a Swedish model exposed Goa's drug dealing cops

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 10
Swedish model Lucky Mångårda Amori went to Bollywood to act, but first she directed a real-life Indian crime drama. Paul O’Mahony meets the former reality TV show contestant who trained a camera on the police and captured corruption on an epic scale. READ »

Youngsters in state care held indoors: report

National: 16 May 10
Young people in Sweden’s special state homes for troubled youth can be kept locked indoors for weeks with no access to fresh air, according to an investigative radio report. READ »

Health experts call for candy tax

Society: 1 Apr 10
Health experts have called for a sugar tax as Swedes remain the highest global consumers of sweets and soft drinks with an escalating public health situation as a result. READ »

Force smokers to quit before surgery: agency

Society: 27 Nov 09
Surgeons should be able to demand that a patient refrains from smoking in the period before and after an operation, the director-general of the Swedish Welfare Board argued on Friday. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Pot smoking can damage young brains: study

Science & Technology: 9 Nov 09
Smoking marijuana is more harmful for young people than previously believed, according to a Swedish study. READ »

Anna Anka conjures bygone era of Bad Girls and Mad Men

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 09
An outspoken Hollywood housewife prompts The Local's Jeanne Rudbeck to weigh up her options: stay a wage slave to the grave or get back to bitchin' in the kitchen. READ »

Well-paid mothers breast feed longer: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 09
Mothers with high salaries breast feed their children longer than mothers with lower incomes, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Sweden wants EU 'snus' tobacco ban to go up in smoke

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 09
As countries across the EU curb smoking in public, Sweden is fighting to get a European-wide ban lifted moist tobacco, AFP's Marc Preel reports. READ »

Smoking during pregnancy raises babies' asthma risk: study

Science & Technology: 15 Sep 09
Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are up to six times more likely to develop asthma, according to a Swedish study. READ »

September in Sweden: Forest foods, politicians return, birds leave

Lifestyle: 3 Sep 09
The Year in Sweden - September: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Stockholm smokers hit with ban

Society: 27 Aug 09
Stockholm city employees will be ordered to stub out their cigarettes at work from May 1st next year as the city is the latest Swedish municipality to announce a ban. READ »

'Smokers cost Swedish councils billions': report

Society: 25 Aug 09
Smokers are costing Swedish municipalities 2.6 billion kronor ($367 million) per annum in the form of breaks and sickness absences, a new report shows. READ »

The lost art of travel: Catching the ferry to Britain

Travel: 10 Aug 09
This summer, for the inevitable trip back to the UK, Ben Kersley was determined to avoid air travel and attempt to recapture the lost art of travel. READ »

Woman affirmed right to smoke in own garden

National: 7 Aug 09
A feud in southern Sweden between a cigarette-puffing woman and her smoke-sensitive neighbour has finally been put to rest by Swedish environmental courts. READ »

Low IQ does not kill: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 09
A new Swedish study reveals that the connection between low intelligence and increased risk of premature death becomes non-existent when individual lifestyle factors are taken into account. READ »

Swedes back al fresco smoking ban

Society: 1 Jun 09
73 percent of Swedes back a ban on smoking in outside dining areas of cafés and restaurants, according to a new poll published on Monday. READ »

Smokers face higher insurance costs

National: 30 May 09
Certain types of coverage offered by insurance giant Skandia will be more expensive from June 1. The increment will affect customers who smoke every day and apply for policies requiring a medical examination. READ »

Repeat heart attack risk declines in Sweden: study

Science & Technology: 19 May 09
The risk of recurrence of an acute heart attack has declined dramatically in Sweden in recent years, a new Swedish study published on Tuesday shows. READ »

Adam Tensta: Sweden's great hip-hop hope

Lifestyle: 13 May 09
Sweden's rising hip-hop star Adam Tensta talks to The Local's Majsan Boström about bright musical prospects, growing up in a tough Stockholm neighbourhood, and recording in the same studio as boyhood idol Michael Jackson. READ »

Fiat wants Saab in European car giant

Business & Money: 4 May 09
Swedish car maker Saab could become part of a new European car giant after Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne expressed an interest in General Motors' European brands. READ »

A tattoo too far

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 09
Ben Kersley admires some naked bodies (artistically) and gets a permanent souvenir of Sweden at the Swedish Tattoo Fair in Norrköping. READ »

Ground control to cockpit suite: a night at the Jumbo Hostel

Stockholm: 7 Apr 09
A stayover at the world's only Jumbo jet hostel makes for a truly first-class experience, writes The Local's Alannah Eames. READ »

Sun worship curtails blood clot risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 25 Mar 09
Exposure to the sun strongly reduces the risk of suffering blood clots, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Swedes back punitive tax on junk food

Society: 24 Mar 09
Swedes are in favour of introducing a punitive tax on junk foods to arrest the spread of cancer, a new survey shows. Almost 90 percent back tax cuts on healthier foods. READ »

Regular tobacco use falling in Sweden: study

Society: 16 Mar 09
The number of regular smokers in Sweden has fallen by 200,000 in the last five years, with women comprising the largest part of the drop. READ »

Swedish study shows health benefits of exercise after 50

Science & Technology: 6 Mar 09
A new Swedish study shows that starting a regimen of regular exercise after the age of 50 has health benefits for men on par with quitting smoking. READ »

Man dies after jump from burning building

National: 5 Mar 09
One person died from injuries sustained when he leapt from the eighth floor of a burning building outside of Stockholm on Thursday. READ »

State to compensate Swede for broken 'hash' pipe

Society: 4 Mar 09
Sweden’s National Police Board has been ordered to pay a man 300 kronor ($33) in compensation after police destroyed his pipe during a drug raid. READ »

Overweight people die younger: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 25 Feb 09
Researchers in Sweden have found that people who are overweight from a young age run a much increased risk of dying prematurely. READ »

Swedish Match and Philip Morris to market smokeless tobacco

Business & Money: 4 Feb 09
Swedish Match is joining forces with Swiss-based tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) to market smoke-free tobacco around the world READ »

Swedish girls start smoking earlier: study

Science & Technology: 15 Jan 09
Swedish girls are starting to smoke at younger ages than their counterparts in other countries, according to a new study. READ »

Safer cigarettes on Swedish shelves in 2010

Society: 4 Jan 09
From 2010 it will become illegal to sell cigarettes in Sweden and across the EU that are not self-extinguishing. The new rules are forecast to save many of the 2,000 lives lost across the continent to fires ignited by cigarettes. READ »

Swedes: hard workers or hardly working?

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year. READ »

'Bring back public smoking in Sweden': politician

Society: 5 Dec 08
A member of the Swedish parliament is calling for the country’s ban on smoking in restaurants and pubs to be overturned. READ »

Trade minister vows to snuff out EU snus ban

Politics: 28 Nov 08
Swedish trade minister Ewa Björling has called on Brussels to lift the EU ban on exports of Swedish moist snuff, or ‘snus’, calling the prohibition discriminatory. READ »

British doctors talk up Swedish 'snus'

Science & Technology: 9 Sep 08
Swedish moist snuff, or 'snus', should be made available on the UK market as a healthier alternative to smoking, according to the Royal College of Physicians. READ »

Swedish homeowners' radon concerns rise ahead of new rules

Society: 30 Jul 08
Home owners in Stockholm are rushing to apply for government subsidies to tackle radon problems in their houses. Health concerns and Sweden's pending adoption of EU energy declaration directives lie behind the trend. READ »

Lung cancer deaths rise among Swedish women

Science & Technology: 28 Jul 08
Lung cancer has become the cancer responsible for the greatest number of deaths among Swedish women, according to a new report from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). READ »

Swedish study explores passive smoking and children

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 08
The effects on children of passive smoking varies depending on when the exposure occurs, according to a new study from the Karolinska Institutet. READ »

Smokers' health care snuffed out

Science & Technology: 12 Jul 08
The city of Malmö was fined for refusing to provide healthcare services to a heavy-smoking couple. READ »

Store refuses to sell cigarettes to pensioner without ID

Society: 7 Jul 08
A pensioner in northern Sweden has vowed never again to set foot in his local supermarket after being asked to prove he was over 18 when buying a pack of cigarettes. READ »

Swedish teens shun condoms and cigarettes

Society: 25 Jun 08
Swedish teens drink and smoke less than their peers in most other countries, but when it comes to sex, young people in Sweden are far from being the most careful. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: June 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

WHO adopts Swedish alcohol resolution

Politics: 25 May 08
The WHO has announced the adoption of a Sweden-backed global alcohol resolution at its annual World Health Assembly which was concluded in Geneva on Saturday. READ »

No butts or ifs for cigarettes at Ica

Society: 11 May 08
The Umeå branch of supermarket chain Ica in northern Sweden is clearing its shelves of cigarettes. READ »

Record opium haul in Gothenburg hotel room

National: 9 May 08
A record amount of opium has been seized in a hotel room in Gothenburg. At 20 kilos, it is the biggest opium seizure ever in the region. READ »

Court permits balcony smoking

National: 1 May 08
A district court in Falun in central Sweden has ruled that it is permitted to smoke on one’s balcony. READ »

Swedish multinationals pamper employees to keep them fit

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
High-tech gyms, free breakfasts, and programmes to help people lose weight or stop smoking: modern Swedish companies pamper their employees in a bid to combat one of Europe's highest absenteeism rates, writes AFP's Delphine Touitou. READ »

Swedish anti-smoking vaccine to undergo tests

Science & Technology: 28 Apr 08
Swedish researchers believe they may have developed a successful anti-nicotine vaccine. READ »

The new smoking generation

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Apr 08
A smoking ban in Sweden's cafés and restaurants has redefined the lives of smokers and non-smokers alike, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. READ »

Swedes support tough measures against smoking

Society: 21 Apr 08
Every other Swede wants to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in grocery stores, according to a new study from the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden). READ »

Snus causes premature death

National: 19 Apr 08
The use of snus, Swedish moist tobacco, causes premature death, a new 30-year study has shown. READ »

Sniffing shrunken tea bags in a town in western Sweden

Travel: 14 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. Here, in the first of three excerpts, he describes a close encounter with moist snuff. READ »

The Local launches new sister site in Germany

National: 29 Feb 08
The Local’s managing editor, James Savage, introduces our new Teutonic sister, thelocal.de READ »

Non-smokers could get extra holiday

Society: 16 Feb 08
A local politician in Sweden has proposed that non-smokers should be rewarded with extra holiday. READ »

China blocks shoot of Swedish director's movie

Society: 10 Feb 08
Swedish film director Mikael Håfström is claiming that Chinese authorities have barred him from shooting his film "Shanghai". READ »

Worry over prison smoking ban

National: 23 Dec 07
Guards in Sweden's jails have expressed concern that a ban on smoking due to come into force on January 1st will lead to increased violence. READ »

Stores cleared to sell nicotine gum

Business & Money: 19 Dec 07
Sweden's parliament has voted to allow the sale of nicotine replacement products in stores other than Apoteket. READ »

It's a hard life being a Swedish diplomat

National: 17 Dec 07
Poor foreign food, smoking in meetings and poor quality golf courses. These are some of the hardships one has to face as a Swedish diplomat. READ »

Bus driver smoked opium before work

National: 5 Dec 07
A bus driver pulled over by police in Borås was found to be under the influence of opium. READ »

Swedes smoke and drink less

Society: 30 Oct 07
The number of regular smokers in Sweden has fallen again to a record low, according to a new report into the nation's drug use. People are also drinking less than before. READ »

Tension mounts over smoke-free jails

Society: 22 Oct 07
In just over two months all jails in Sweden will be smoke-free. The controversial decision was taken more than a year ago, but the imminent ban is starting to cause concern on both sides of the bars. READ »

Nicotine patches cleared for sale in supermarkets

Society: 19 Sep 07
Swedes will soon for the first time be able to buy anti-smoking treatments alongside cigarettes, after the government announced plans to end the Apoteket state pharmacy's monopoly on selling the products. READ »

Woman regains right to smoke in own garden

Society: 13 Sep 07
A 49-year-old woman who had been banned from smoking in her own garden is once again free to light up where she chooses after winning her appeal at the Environmental High Court. READ »

Woman appeals garden smoking ban

National: 11 Sep 07
A 49-year-old woman banned from smoking in her own garden has appealed the Environmental Court decision on the basis that it constitutes a violation of her human rights. READ »

Woman banned from smoking in own garden

National: 23 Aug 07
A woman in southern Sweden has been told by a court that she may no longer light up in her own garden because her neighbour happens to be very sensitive to cigarette smoke. READ »

Snus users 'absorb more carcinogens'

Society: 14 Aug 07
People who use Swedish oral tobacco, snus, absorb higher levels of nicotine and some cancer-causing substances than smokers, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota. READ »

Swedish woman dies in tragic holiday accident

National: 1 Aug 07
A 49-year-old Swedish woman has died after falling from a fifth floor window at a hotel in Copenhagen. The woman was on holiday with her husband and two children when the accident occurred. READ »

Pregnant in Sweden - I'll drink to that

Lifestyle: 11 Jul 07
While recently awaiting the arrival of a new baby, Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius found herself not so much restricted by her bulging belly as by the opinions of those around her - especially when it came to alcohol consumption. READ »

Fish-eating men face increased stroke risk

Science & Technology: 12 Jun 07
Men who eat fish more than twice a week are more likely than other groups to have a stroke, a new Swedish study has found. READ »

Swedish smoker falls overboard

National: 7 Jun 07
A young man was rescued at sea on Thursday morning after falling overboard while smoking a cigarette on a ferry docked in Mariehamn harbour. READ »

'Bouncer beat me - police arrested me'

National: 29 May 07
Sweden's top legal official recently announced plans to launch an investigation into collusion between Swedish police and bouncers. For Briton Russell Cutress, the problem feels all too familiar. READ »

Great club - but make an effort boys

Lifestyle: 18 May 07
Tipping Point:Kathleen Harman gets a taste for the glamorous side of Stockholm gay clubbing, but is disappointed that in dress-down Stockholm, her efforts with leopard print are not matched by an abundance of well-oiled, shirtless, six-packed torsos. READ »

Snus 'less dangerous than smoking'

Science & Technology: 11 May 07
A study has shown that snus, the popular Swedish oral snuff, causes no risk of lung or mouth cancer, and is less likely to cause pancreatic cancer than smoking tobacco. READ »

Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation

Lifestyle: 4 May 07
It is now two decades since the world's worst nuclear power accident at Chernobyl, but people in parts of northern and central Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by the radiation. And the worst could still be to come, reports Rami Abdelrahman. READ »

Loose teeth increase risk of premature death

Science & Technology: 3 Apr 07
A new Swedish study has shown there to be a very strong correlation between the loosening of teeth and the risk of disease. Even smoking is less significant. READ »

Smokers take eight days more sick leave per year

Science & Technology: 29 Mar 07
A new Swedish study has shown the negative impact of smoking on productivity. The average number of sick days per person is 25, while the average smoker took a further eight days. READ »

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