The Swedish way to become smoke-free is however closed to all other European countries as snus which is used as an alternative is illegal everywhere else. Also they just traded one way of nicotine administration against another, though I do think it’s less harmful, but I’m not a medical professional.
So not as incredible as this headline makes it sound
This is a Snus vending machine within a Swedish grocery store, I took the picture last week. Good that they are smoke-free, but they are not at all nicotine-free
Good that they are smoke-free, but they are not at all nicotine-free
Yep, and what’s wrong with that? If adults want to take a substance, especially one that has significantly fewer health risks than many other legal substances, who am I to stop them?
And what’s the difference between tobacco-free snus and products that have been approved as “smoking cessation products” for so many years? Absolutely nothing, and you can buy them OTC, just usually a bit more expensive than nicotine pouches.
If countries truly cared about their citizens health, they’d be banning much more dangerous substances instead of nicotine pouches.
Why should it be banned? It is not harmful to bystanders, and a lot less harmful than smoking to individual users. Even passive smoking entails a higher risk of developing cancer than actively using snus.
There are nicotine pouches that’s not currently banned in all EU counties which is the same thing for all practical purposes. I believe France banned them in February though.
However, there’s a discussion on the effectiveness on those pouches as a means of quitting cigarettes , since the reduction in smoking by women (who traditionally don’t use snus) seems to have happened before the nicotine pouches were introduced.
The Swedish way to become smoke-free is however closed to all other European countries as snus which is used as an alternative is illegal everywhere else. Also they just traded one way of nicotine administration against another, though I do think it’s less harmful, but I’m not a medical professional.
So not as incredible as this headline makes it sound
This is a Snus vending machine within a Swedish grocery store, I took the picture last week. Good that they are smoke-free, but they are not at all nicotine-free
Yep, and what’s wrong with that? If adults want to take a substance, especially one that has significantly fewer health risks than many other legal substances, who am I to stop them?
And what’s the difference between tobacco-free snus and products that have been approved as “smoking cessation products” for so many years? Absolutely nothing, and you can buy them OTC, just usually a bit more expensive than nicotine pouches.
If countries truly cared about their citizens health, they’d be banning much more dangerous substances instead of nicotine pouches.
It is less harmful for bystanders in the least but should totally be banned alongside smoking itself.
Why should it be banned? It is not harmful to bystanders, and a lot less harmful than smoking to individual users. Even passive smoking entails a higher risk of developing cancer than actively using snus.
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There are nicotine pouches that’s not currently banned in all EU counties which is the same thing for all practical purposes. I believe France banned them in February though.
However, there’s a discussion on the effectiveness on those pouches as a means of quitting cigarettes , since the reduction in smoking by women (who traditionally don’t use snus) seems to have happened before the nicotine pouches were introduced.
Thank you and @humanius@lemmy.world for the context. It still is a great achievement to have less people smoking normal ciggies.