โฒ 226 โผ 'Incredible' milestone reached as Sweden becomes a smoke-free country (www.thelocal.se) submitted 2 months ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.org 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Except for in France for example, where consumption of tobacco-free snus is now illegal. https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/actualites/A18450?lang=en But of course, they explicitly allow chewing tobacco, which is 100x worse for your health than tobacco snus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ratel@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Good to know - Crazy they did that but you can still buy tobacco. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) The general idea of the snus-bans is that snus is not commonly consumed outside of the Nordics, so it's better to pre-emptively ban it. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem. Cigarettes are socially and culturally engrained after a century of normalization, and it's a lot more difficult to ban it. Even vapes are already somewhat at the stage where it's nornalized enough that outright banning it becomes difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ratel@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Good to know - Crazy they did that but you can still buy tobacco. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) The general idea of the snus-bans is that snus is not commonly consumed outside of the Nordics, so it's better to pre-emptively ban it. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem. Cigarettes are socially and culturally engrained after a century of normalization, and it's a lot more difficult to ban it. Even vapes are already somewhat at the stage where it's nornalized enough that outright banning it becomes difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) The general idea of the snus-bans is that snus is not commonly consumed outside of the Nordics, so it's better to pre-emptively ban it. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem. Cigarettes are socially and culturally engrained after a century of normalization, and it's a lot more difficult to ban it. Even vapes are already somewhat at the stage where it's nornalized enough that outright banning it becomes difficult. permalink fedilink source parent