![]() ![]() However, in never smokers, snus use was associated with a statistically significant increased risk of total and ischemic stroke (HRs = 1.52 and 1.63, respectively) and non-significantly positively associated with some other CVDs. We conducted analyses among all subjects as well as among never smokers to reduce residual confounding from smoking.Īfter adjustment for smoking and other confounders, snus use was not associated with myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, aortic valve stenosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, stroke, or CVD mortality. ![]() Hazard ratios (HR) were estimated by Cox proportional hazards regression. Participants were followed up for incident cardiovascular outcomes and death over 8 years through linkage to the Swedish National Patient and Death Registers. We used data from a population-based cohort of 41,162 Swedish adults with a mean baseline age of 70 (56-94) years who completed questionnaires regarding snus use and other lifestyle habits and health characteristics. We investigated the association of the use of Swedish oral moist snuff (snus) with a broad range of CVDs and CVD mortality. ![]() Jeram also suggested that it made sense to have a less punitive tool for policymakers to use for the Smokefree 2025 goal, rather than simply ramping up the tax on ciggies year after year.Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but whether smokeless tobacco such as snuff is associated with the risk of CVD is still unclear. Having said that, a report from the NZ Initiative’s Jenesa Jeram found that snus could work as a harm reduction tool, as “people smoke for the nicotine but they die from the tar”. There have been various studies undertaken on the health effects of snus-use, with some finding it correlates with higher levels of oral, throat and pancreatic cancer than if you never snuded a snus. For starters, they get you addicted to nicotine, which is literally never a good thing to get hooked on. Not necessarily, and it’s very important to note that such products absolutely aren’t harmless. So it’s cheaper and less harmful – should we all be snusing? While a 20 pack of durries will now cost up to $40, a 20 pack of Snus pouches retails for about $13. They’re also not subject to excise tax, which results in a dramatically reduced retail price. ![]() Hence, you can buy packets of ‘White Fox’ snus, as opposed to purchasing them in a nondescript box which is the colour of microwaved vomit. Snus can be branded in a way that is no longer allowed for other tobacco products. But while non-tobacco snus are still R18 (as is the case with all nicotine delivery products), in other ways snus aren’t subject to the same laws as cigarettes. In fact, these Ministry of Health guidelines suggest that tobacco snus are actually banned in New Zealand. The snus products on sale in New Zealand are not tobacco. Rice also said that there wasn’t really any sort of observable consumer demand for snus in New Zealand until recently, with interest corresponding with availability. It’s already super-popular in Europe.” Right now in Sweden, more men consume snus than smoke. “We’ve had it for about six months or so, and it’s definitely found a niche. Nell Rice, the head buyer for Cosmic, said it continues to grow in popularity. Cosmic Corner is among the few retailers around the country who stock snus products, under the White Fox brand. It’s a translation of the word ‘snuff’, even though snuff is a whole other thing entirely – that’s when you snort powdered tobacco right up into your nose.Īnd now snus is getting more popular in New Zealand? Pronounced kind of like snooze, the word snus comes from Swedish, which to this day is where the largest amount of snus-sucking takes place. ![]()
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