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Snus isn't actually legal in a lot of places. As in - it's legal to have, but you can't buy it anywhere(most of EU and UK I believe).
by gambiting 4y ago
Snus isn't actually legal in a lot of places. As in - it's legal to have, but you can't buy it anywhere(most of EU and UK I believe).
- noduerme 4y agoit's quite a shame, because it's much cleaner and less dangerous than other ways of taking up nicotine.
- kzrdude 4y agoI agree, but also know what a Swedish school looks like, with such pouches stuck in various places, ceiling etc.
- dageshi 4y agoMy uk school had chewing gum in those places rather than nic pouches. The nic pouches are probably a LOT easier to cleanup than chewing gum.
- kadoban 4y agoPretty much only better than actually smoking, right?
- swores 4y agoYou can definitely buy pouches of tobacco to be used like snus in the UK (and I'm almost certain that was the case before Brexit, too). Unless "snus" has some specific definition that's illegal and the UK sells an alternative? Not sure, last time I tried snus was in Finland over a decade ago.
- gambiting 4y agoActual snus(powdered tabbaco sold and advertised as a product you put up your nose) isn't legal for sale in the UK: https://www.buynicotinepouches.co.uk/blogs/news/buying-snus-in-the-uk https://www.buynicotinepouches.co.uk/blogs/news/buying-snus-...
- mathieuh 4y agoHow is snus different from snuff? Cursory google seems to suggest you can buy snuff in the UK, which is also powdered tobacco that you put up your nose
- gambiting 4y agoUhm, frankly I'm not sure. Quick Google reveals a few differences but I'm not sure why one is banned while the other one isn't.
- mathieuh 4y agoSnuff is probably culturally significant. Despite never knowing anyone who takes snuff you still read about snuff and snuff boxes. In fact I seem to recall that some people still call the webbing between your thumb and index finger the "snuff box" because that's where people would put the snuff before insufflating it.
- swores 4y agoI would imagine snuff boxes / accessories now days are bought more by people who snort illegal drugs than tobacco and the name remains as a PR thing (shops, even head shops with weed art in the window, don't want to advertise things like "cocaine snorter"). But I've no idea how many people still exist that use actual snuff.
- joncrocks 4y agoSnus comes in pouches (like a teabag?), intended to be placed between your gum + inside of your lip AFAIK.
- spiralx 4y agoSnus is something you put between your gum and lip.
- aliqot 4y ago