Sausage maker defends 125 percent meat claim
A northern Swedish deli has achieved the seemingly impossible by offering several varieties of sausage that claim to contain up to 125 percent meat.
83-year-old fined for throwing water on smoking neighbour
An elderly Swede has been fined for throwing a bucket of water out of his window and over his neighbour in a dramatic move to extinguish his cigarette...
Finland stubs out smoking with world’s toughest law
Finland has this week enacted the strictest anti-smoking laws in the world, which aim to phase out the habit altogether by preventing teenagers from e...
Finland rolls out smoke-free flats
Finnish smokers may soon find themselves out in the cold, as more and more landlords insist on non-smoking rental agreements. The first tobacco-free b...
Twenty million cigarettes incinerated after Finnish law change
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been forced to destroy product worth five million euro following changes to legislation that require all cigarettes so...
2.8 million Danish sick days attributed to smoking
Taxpayers are bearing the brunt for smokers according to a new report from the Danish Health Ministry.
Finnish companies offer employees incentives to stop smoking
The anti-smoking campaign in Finland is continuing apace with municipal employers and companies beefing up their smoke-free workplace policies.
Smokers facing surgery may be forced to give up
The director-general of the Swedish Welfare Board has argued that in the periods before and after operations surgeons should be able to place demands ...