The Local - Sweden's news in English: "Photo: Török Gábor, Richkidsunite
Sweden wants EU 'snus' tobacco ban to go up in smoke
As countries across the EU curb smoking
in public, Sweden is fighting to get a European-wide ban lifted moist tobacco, AFP's Marc Preel report
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Since Lee and Sunnil want to argue that carcionogens are safe when they come from the leaves of hemp, I suspect this might solve all their problems.
Actually since the stuff is not burned, it may not be very carconogenic ... here is the Swedish argument:
Ongoing discussion and debates among primary scientific researchers of the effects of snus use on life expectancy appears to indicate that there is a significant increase in life expectancy among persons who previously smoked tobacco and switch to Swedish snus, depending on the age of the persons who switch, even when it is assumed that 100% of the risk of cardiovascular diseases among smokers transfers to snus users. [5] It is also noted, in the correspondence seen in the previous citation[6][7] that concerns about the effect of marketing by the tobacco industry, as influenced by the results of these scientific studies, is of primary concern to many researchers in the field, including the risk of emboldening the industry to attempt to increase snus sales among young people and promote dual-use of snus and smoked tobacco, and that the use of medical nicotine, rather than snus, can better target at-risk populations, given better access and pricing.
Opponents of snus sales maintain that, nevertheless, even the low nitrosamine levels in snus cannot be completely risk free, but snus proponents point out that inasmuch as snus is used as a substitute for smoking or a means to quit smoking, the net overall effect is positive, similar to the effect of nicotine patches, for instance[8].
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