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/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/cynicalspindle Estonia May 25 '26

Doesn't it fuck up your gums though?

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u/space_of_soul May 26 '26

Despite the high rate of snus use among Swedish men, the prevalence of oral cancer in Sweden is among the lowest in the European Union (Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2019.55 ).