Snus Are Much Safer Than Cigarettes. Just Ask Sweden. [Yahoo! Finance News]
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Snus Are Much Safer Than Cigarettes. Just Ask Sweden. Opinion) -- Tuesday was an important day for public health in the U.S. For the first time ever, the Food and Drug ministration ruled that a company will be allowed to advertise its tobacco products as less harmful than cigarettes. As momentous as this decision is — and it is momentous — the public health community was not exactly cheering the news. In fact, it was downright grumpy about the whole thing. The products in question are snus. Swedish Match AB, a company that sells cigars, lighters, and chewing tobacco makes snus. The company divested its cigarettes business in 1999.) Snus users ingest nicotine by placing a small pouch filled with tobacco in between their teeth and their lips. Nicotine can be addictive, but snus aren’t lethal like cigarettes. According to Swedish Match, the Swedes have been using snus since the 1600s. In the years after World War II, snus were overtaken by cigarettes. But after the dangers of smoking b
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