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The Swedish population might be an interesting demographic for studies about this since we have the lowest rate of smoking in the EU [1], mostly due to our high
by filleokus 7y ago
The Swedish population might be an interesting demographic for studies about this since we have the lowest rate of smoking in the EU [1], mostly due to our high use of snus (tobacco under the lip).
Some quick glancing at the graphs: ≈ 10% smokes everyday and something like 20-30% uses snus every day.
Hence we have a large part of the population using strong nicotine products, without smoking.
[1]: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Tobacco_consumption_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/artiklar/2018/farre-roker-fler-snusar/ https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/artiklar/2018/farre-roker...
- nradov 7y agoIf the hypothesis is correct (unknown) then nicotine delivered through snus might also have a protective effect.
- sktrdie 7y agoAs an italian I can tell you there's LOTS of people smoking in italy... so there's also that.
- phkahler 7y agoThat's actually good for testing this idea. If most of the people dying are non-smokers that would be an indicator.