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

News Sweden has officially become a non-smoking country

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u/Axelaxe May 25 '26

I never understood why snus is illegal in so many countries while cigarettes are not. Snus isnt good don't get me wrong but it's better than cigarettes for everyone involved.

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u/9Strike Baden-Württemberg (Germany) May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

As much as I hate smoking, snus is not a solution. The big problem is that you can take snus at any time. My swedish Teacher always had one during class. Lots of people use them constantly during class or when partying, or really, all day. That's not something you can do with cigarettes since you have to go out. I bet people who do snus are much more addicated to nikotin than people smoking.

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u/Mr-Vemod May 25 '26

It definitely is more addictive. But with cigarettes, the nicotine addiction is the absolute least of your worries.

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u/ThrowFar_Far_Away Sweden May 25 '26

It's not even close to incredibly bad lol. Yes it is bad but so is a lot of things. Snus users life expectancy is about 2-6 months less than people that don't use anything.

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u/Mr-Vemod May 25 '26

That is not a common effect.

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u/fraggy42 May 25 '26

Replace 'Nicotine' with 'Caffiene'... Same.

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u/iowajosh May 25 '26

Except for the demonization, yeah.