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Sweden's election just put the EU's nicotine pouch tax on holdEU diplomats meet on 14 September to revise the Tobacco Excise Directive — the proposal that would tax nicotine pouches at EU level for the first time. But Sweden votes the day before, and coalition talks could leave Stockholm unable to compromise for weeks. An ECOFIN vote pencilled in for 9 October may now slip, delaying the bloc's first pouch tax indefinitely.