Consumption and approaches to the regulation of nasvay in the Commonwealth of Independent States (2018)

Smokeless tobacco products present a complex and widespread challenge to public health but have so far received limited attention globally. In the WHO European Region, two populations have a longstanding tradition of smokeless tobacco use – people in Scandinavian countries, particularly Sweden, where snus is traditionally consumed, and those in central Asian countries such as Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, where nasvay is the most widely used form of smokeless tobacco. This brief paper looks at smokeless tobacco use, specifically the use of nasvay, in the Commonwealth of Independent States. It considers the latest available smokeless tobacco prevalence data and specifies the available policy responses.