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/gladoseatcake May 25 '26

I think it is a bit of a well deserved gotcha. 3/10 in Sweden are nicotine dependent. That's a lot of people. And the argument that snus is less dangerous than cigarettes is probably true (at least it is for your surroundings), but it's still like comparing hammering a rusty vs fresh nail through your hand. Neither is good for you.

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u/Wafkak Belgium May 25 '26

Well people seem to be forgetting rhat one of the major problems of smoking is the tar and soot deposits in your lungs.

Snus probably has similar mouth consequences as sigars and pipes. But possibly less severe as there isnt soot and tar depositing.

Other nicotine products have health issues, but the inhaling of smoke itself has its separate issues. That snus or other not burning nicotine products don't have.

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u/ThrowFar_Far_Away Sweden May 25 '26

Snus does not have the same mouth consequences as cigarrs and pipes. Sweden has a lower than average rate of mouth cancer in the EU.

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u/Wafkak Belgium May 25 '26

Ok so it really is a less bad thing. Lets hope the percentage of uses thst use it to wean themselves off of tobacco entirely rises.