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Wow, these are kind of cool. If I could be shown studies that demonstrate that these don't affect health very negatively, I might be willing to give them a try.
by garply 17y ago
Wow, these are kind of cool. If I could be shown studies that demonstrate that these don't affect health very negatively, I might be willing to give them a try. I think nicotine, like caffeine, can be useful, but its benefits aren't worth the risk of getting cancer from smoking. I have a friend who's never smoked but sometimes uses nicotine patches (cut into small strips - otherwise they're too strong) for the stimulant effect. I could totally see him using this as an alternative.
- silentbicycle 17y agoSome of my coworkers use snus, a kind of chewing tobacco from Sweden. It's supposedly much less likely to cause oral cancers due to its method of preparation, though I'm not sure how thoroughly it has been studied. I haven't tried it, and find the spitting etc. kind of unpleasant, but it's probably less harmful than smoking. (It's certainly less noxious to others around the user.)
- mmelin 17y agoThe largest study I know of found no increase in oral and lung cancers for snus consumers as compared to nonsmokers who did not use any tobacco. However, the risk for pancreatic cancer is double that of people who do not use snus. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17498797 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17498797 Lighter reading: http://www.slate.com/id/2170141/fr/flyout http://www.slate.com/id/2170141/fr/flyout