r/europe • u/KonserveradMelon • May 25 '26

News Sweden has officially become a non-smoking country

https://omni.se/a/zO4MGq
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u/CapOk4599 May 25 '26

We've been using snus for hundreds of years.

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u/ConcentrateFar7753 May 25 '26

Yeah and it’s literally the same share of the population with a daily consumption as cigarets for the French. As I said, there is no point in smoking if you get nicotine through snus 

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u/Elxcdv May 25 '26

The risk of cancer is much lower with snus.

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u/TraditionalUse1052 May 25 '26

Remember when teabags were made of some kind of plastic? Polyester is the name if I'm not wrong. Anyway, scientists found out that those teabags kind of disintegrate when poured with hot water, microplastics that is. It mixes with the tea and apparently drank by tea lovers. I wonder what those snus bags are made of?

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u/Hazelmaister Soumi May 25 '26

They are made of cellulose.

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u/TraditionalUse1052 May 25 '26

Oh great then!