34: Harm Reduction

White snus is under threat on three fronts, says Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa. He tells us what the government will do to stop tax increases and bans.

Journalist Erik Galli answers whether cosmetic surgery can improve well-being, and whether being able to move your forehead is really desirable. 

VAT is not a left-right issue, says Patrick Krassén, tax policy expert at Företagarna. Can the reduced VAT on food get rid of inflation? Or is it just election pork that risks leading to an even fatter population? We find out in today's...

Sex hormones affect both strength and endurance. Therefore, athletes who have gone through male puberty should never compete with women, says Tommy Lundberg, associate professor of physiology at Karolinska Institutet.

Peter Martin, CEO of FunMed, talks about how functional medicine can help patients get to the bottom of their health problems, while publicly funded healthcare could cut costs. 

Fredrik Kopsch, chief economist at Timbro, talks about his newly written cookbook and about the regulations that complicate Swedish food production.