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- Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish29 days
It’s a paywalled article, so here’s an archival link
“Smoke-free” in this case means fewer than 5% of people smoke daily. As of 2025 that figure stands at 4.8% in Sweden
The proportion of daily smokers dropped from 16 to 4.8 percent between 2003 and 2025, according to the new report.
Meanwhile, Sweden has seen a sharp increase in the use of snus in recent years – the small nicotine pouches popular in Sweden – a factor that the tobacco industry often highlights as a major reason for Sweden’s low proportion of smokers.
Fewer smokers is good of course, but I am not sure if the consumption of tabacco is really going down significantly. It rather seems to be moving from cigarettes to snus, which I’m not sure is a good thing.
Snus is banned in the rest of the EU. Sweden has an exemption on that ban, which they pre-emptively carved out when they were in talks for joining the EU
- Bob@feddit.orgEnglish29 days
Fewer smokers is good of course, but I am not sure if the consumption of tabacco is really going down significantly. It rather seems to be moving from cigarettes to snus, which I’m not sure is a good thing.
It is undeniably a good thing. Smoking increases your risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease by a lot. Snus does not significantly increase your risk of lung or oropharyngeal cancer. Nor does it increase your incidence of strokes or heart attacks. Nor does it lead to copd. More important than a lot lower risks for people who choose to use tobacco products, it eliminates all adverse effects on people like me who do not want any tobacco exposure.
- 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish29 days
Snus is also a contributing factor for cancer, and it will absolutely wreck your gum health, lets not pretend that is a faultfree solution.
https://news.ki.se/one-in-three-cases-of-oral-cancer-are-due-to-smokeless-tobacco