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Snus is a relevant data point to support Synaesthesia's claim. It is (non smoke) tobacco, but won't give you cancer or destroy your lungs (still not healthy wit
by BugBrother 13y ago
Snus is a relevant data point to support Synaesthesia's claim. It is (non smoke) tobacco, but won't give you cancer or destroy your lungs (still not healthy with nicotine, of course, but many times less bad).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus
- stevewillows 13y agogood Lord.. that's not for me.
- BugBrother 13y agoThe variants in small bags are easy to use. I smoke/snus when drinking, so I use nicotine ~ once a month. I feel better the day after with snus.
- stevewillows 13y agoIf you have a desire for nicotine, you should look into a good vaping option. I mentioned what I'm using in a comment above (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7088395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7088395).
- russelldavis 13y ago> won't give you cancer. Untrue. "Smokeless tobacco is a major cause of oral cancer, pancreatic cancer, and esophageal cancer." http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/snus-tobacco-health-risks http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/snus-tobacco...
- BugBrother 13y agoA better reference than Wikipedia? :-) E.g., Wikipedia says: Thus far, the evidence specifically implicating snus in pancreatic cancer is only suggestive.[25][26] Your link say: [Scandinavian] snus users have a significantly higher risk of pancreatic cancer. That is a contradiction. Wikipedia has references. And snus, according to both references, is less bad than snuff. Your quote ("Smokeless tobacco") generalizes over the same group.
- Munksgaard 13y agoIt can fuck up your mouth considerably though. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714813/