The general idea of the snus-bans is that snus is not commonly consumed outside of the Nordics, so it’s better to pre-emptively ban it. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem.
Cigarettes are socially and culturally engrained after a century of normalization, and it’s a lot more difficult to ban it. Even vapes are already somewhat at the stage where it’s nornalized enough that outright banning it becomes difficult.
Except for in France for example, where consumption of tobacco-free snus is now illegal.
https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/actualites/A18450?lang=en
But of course, they explicitly allow chewing tobacco, which is 100x worse for your health than tobacco snus.
Good to know - Crazy they did that but you can still buy tobacco.
The general idea of the snus-bans is that snus is not commonly consumed outside of the Nordics, so it’s better to pre-emptively ban it. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem.
Cigarettes are socially and culturally engrained after a century of normalization, and it’s a lot more difficult to ban it. Even vapes are already somewhat at the stage where it’s nornalized enough that outright banning it becomes difficult.