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Smoking rate world's lowest, but Swedes love snus
Phoenix Arizona Republic ^
| 01/02/04
| Karl Ritter (A.P.)
Posted on 01/02/2004 6:49:38 AM PST by Holly_P
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:22:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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GOTEBORG, Sweden - At a waterfront factory soaked with the acrid smell of tobacco, half the blue-clad workers show an odd facial deformity: Their upper lips look swollen.
It's a telltale sign they are sampling some of the 20 tons of smokeless tobacco being produced here daily.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: pufflist; smoking; snus; tobacco
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posted on
01/02/2004 6:49:38 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: SheLion; Gabz
Hysterical.Anything is better than those nasty cigs with all that dangerous smoke,right?
2
posted on
01/02/2004 6:52:23 AM PST
by
Mears
To: Holly_P
What's snu?
Nothing. What's snu with you.
To: Mears
Hysterical.Anything is better than those nasty cigs with all that dangerous smoke,right? Watch out for that second hand spit though.
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posted on
01/02/2004 6:59:27 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Mears; SheLion; *puff_list
Critics reiterate concerns. Apart from stained teeth and bad breath, snus raises the pulse and blood pressure. Studies have linked its use to increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature births. Diabetes????????
The stretching of the truth by the antis is no longer stretching - they've totally snapped.
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:00:13 AM PST
by
Gabz
(smoke gnatzies - small minds buzzing in your business -swat'em)
To: Holly_P
You get a lot more nicotin from using snus than smoking tobacco.
To: Holly_P
Me love snu-snu!
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:04:36 AM PST
by
ZOOKER
To: Holly_P
"Grimy, used snus packets litter the otherwise clean streets and subway stations of Stockholm."Shows that the attitude of tobacco-users that the world is their trash-can is universal.
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:05:03 AM PST
by
Redbob
(this space reserved for witty remarks)
To: Holly_P
Watch out for that second hand spit though.Most loggers in B.C. still use snoose. 50 years ago, when I was a lad, my mother would place empty Prince Albert cans around the house when my father's old crew-mates would come to visit.
I must say, they were scrupulously accurate!
9
posted on
01/02/2004 7:07:37 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: Holly_P
Grimy, used snus packets litter the otherwise clean streets and subway stations of Stockholm. Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww............
To: Gabz
Just about every smoker I know has diabetes problems - probably related to circulatory issues.
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
And just about every person I know with diabetes is a non-smoker and overweight - probably related to that.
12
posted on
01/02/2004 7:20:11 AM PST
by
Gabz
(smoke gnatzies - small minds buzzing in your business -swat'em)
To: Holly_P
So, where do they get the tobacco from? Do they grow tobacco in Sweden?
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:42:38 AM PST
by
RonF
To: headsonpikes
"snoose"
I've heard that word used in Oregon to refer to "smokeless tobacco." I always wondered about its origin, but no one could tell me.
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:05:34 AM PST
by
Mackey
(A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. -- Edward R. Murrow)
To: Mackey
A lot of west-coast loggers were Swedes and Norwegians - they established Copenhagen as the brand of choice north of the 49th.
A lot of fellows in the oilpatch use snoose, also.
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posted on
01/02/2004 10:25:57 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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