In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a surprising clearance to a Swedish tobacco manufacturer. Indeed, the latter will be able to affirm that snus (or sucking tobacco) is less harmful than cigarettes.
Snus is a wet tobacco powder consumed mainly in northern European countries. It should not be confused with smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco or snuff. It is actually a kind of sucking tobacco since it is a question of placing a dose between the gum and the upper lip. Some people will keep this same dose in place for only a few minutes and others for several hours.
At the beginning of 2018, we mentioned the fact that snus was banned in the European Union. It is for this reason that the first country where this type of tobacco is consumed is Norway, which is not a member of the Union. However, Sweden has special permission since snus has been part of the customs there for several centuries.
The Swedish company Swedish Match specializes in tobacco products, including snus. However, this company has received an unprecedented authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in connection with the sale of snus on American soil. As the CNBC indicates in an article of October 22, 2019, it will be possible for the manufacturer to claim that snus is less harmful than smoking tobacco!
The FDA said that, compared to cigarettes , consumption of snus reduced the risk of mouth cancer, heart disease and lung cancer. This risk reduction would also concern cerebrovascular accidents, pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Smoking kills approximately 8 million people every year and vaping is at the heart of an unprecedented scandal in the United States. For the FDA looking for a way out, it is a question of encouraging different ways of consuming, that is to say those where there is no question of smoking.
Let's go back to snus, to which we attribute relaxing and energizing virtues. You should know that this product also contains carcinogens and can therefore, in the long term, generate different cancers:pancreas, mouth, throat and esophagus, among others. In addition, the risk of cardiovascular disease is not at all excluded! Besides, snus is as addictive as cigarettes and one dose is equivalent (in nicotine) to three cigarettes!
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