Survey results from 2021 show that 3.2% of respondents in Iceland reported using Traditional Smokeless. Daily traditional smokeless use prevalence is at 2.2%. An estimated 1.3% of adult women use Traditional Smokeless on a daily basis. Among adult men, daily traditional smokeless use prevalence is 3.1%. Traditional Smokeless is allowed. Use of Traditional Smokeless is permitted by law in Iceland.
Prevalence
- 1. WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025. 2. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025.
- Adults survey: Tóbakskönnun by Gallup, 2021; National, ages 18+ World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
- Adults survey: Tóbakskönnun by Gallup, 2021; National, ages 18+
Product promotion
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025.
Regulation
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240112063. Accessed: 3 July 2025.
Availability
- ReportLinker. European Import of Tobacco Products by Country. Available at: https://www.reportlinker.com/dataset/cdea2f28ccc331a16fc36a6edbd16a2639029582. Accessed: 8 July 2025.
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025.
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240112063. Accessed: 3 July 2025.
- EU. Alcohol, tobacco and excise duties. Available at: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/carry/alcohol-tobacco-cash/index_en.htm. Accessed: 8 July 2025.
- There are some restrictions in place.
Regulations and restrictions
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240112063. Accessed: 3 July 2025.
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025.
Tax
- WHO. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-isl.pdf?sfvrsn=75e6a3fc_3&download=true. Accessed: 7 July 2025.
- Total taxes: 73.05%
Publications
From cigarettes to snuff to nicotine pouches: the unusual Icelandic model for tobacco harm reduction
While snus has provided an increasingly popular off-ramp for those looking to switch away from smoking in Sweden and Norway, Icelanders have taken to a different selection of safer nicotine products, and this Briefing Paper uncovers the story of their rise.
The European Union (EU) Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) 2016 Changes to the EU TPD
- No Fire, No Smoke: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction
The TPD is a Directive of the EU which means that all EU countries must ‘transpose’ or incorporate the TPD requirements into their national laws. The only flexibility permitted is the ability to enact additional regulations. The current Directive entered into force on 19th May 2014 and became applicable in the EU Member States on 20th May 2016.
In 2014 a revised Tobacco Products Directive known as TPD 2 was issued by the EU to update the 2001 Tobacco Products Directive. TPD2 regulates all tobacco products in the European Union and its scope is wide. It covers product regulation in terms of reporting obligations of ingredients and emissions for all tobacco products. It includes product packaging and labelling including the size and appearance of products, traceability features to be fixed onto packaging as well as health warnings. It covers cross-border advertising of tobacco products; it reinforces the ban on oral tobacco products (snus), but importantly it provides for the placing on the market of e-cigarettes and refill containers, as well as making provision for notification of novel tobacco products. It also provides for herbal cigarettes.
See also p. 96 of the report: No Fire, No Smoke: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2018 — Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (gsthr.org)
