A private member's bill from Ida Lindtveit Røse, Georg Gulli, and Jonas Andersen Sayed proposes a national smoking cessation programme at no cost to the state. The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services recommends the Storting reject this proposal, though MPs from multiple parties have tabled alternative bills calling for a national smoking cessation programme funded through increased tobacco taxes, as well as proposals for nicotine-free snus and changes to how nicotine products are approved.
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The Storting calls on the government to introduce a national smoking cessation programme as soon as possible.
The Storting calls on the government to finance a national smoking cessation programme by proposing an expansion of the existing sector tax on tobacco equivalent to the programme's cost.
The Storting calls on the government to permit nicotine-free snus on the same basis as other tobacco products.
The Storting calls on the government to review and propose amendments to the Tobacco Damage Act and related regulations with the aim of transferring decision-making authority in cases concerning market access for nicotine products from the Norwegian Health Authority to the political level.