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Policy Innovation: What the World's Most Creative Nicotine Regulations Look Like
New Zealand's generational ban. The UK's risk-proportionate framework. Sweden's snus exception. Canada's plain packaging. The world is experimenting with nicotine policy—and the experiments are producing evidence about what works.
New Zealand's generational ban (repealed). The UK's integration of vaping into cessation. Sweden's EU exemption for snus. Canada's plain packaging. Australia's prescription-only vaping. **The world is a laboratory of nicotine policy innovation—different jurisdictions trying different approaches, producing different outcomes. The experiments are generating evidence about what works. The global tobacco control establishment, committed to a single approach (abstinence), is largely ignoring the results.**
