From Lars-Erik Rutqvist, Scientific Adviser, Swedish Match, Stockholm, Sweden
You report smoking rates for men in their 30s in Sweden plunging to 5 per cent. As you say, this is likely linked to 18 per cent of Swedish men using snus as a smoking substitute. But is snus safe?
The World ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ Organization says that it is “considerably less hazardous” than smoking. The EU says the relative health advantages are “undeniable”. In the longer online version of the article you quote a Cancer Research UK official singling out pancreatic cancer as a concern. Swedish men have the lowest rate of pancreatic cancer in the EU. Swedish Match is happy to provide public health bodies with independent scientific evidence.
