Snus contains tobacco and is not legally available to buy in the UK, whereas the tobacco-free nicotine pouches – which were found to be more commonly used among players – are legal to buy.

Additionally, snuff and snus users receive exposure to more than 25 chemicals that scientists know cause cancer. One of the most harmful chemicals is tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

Growing numbers of young people are using these highly addictive - but almost completely unregulated - products.

Some studies indicate that tobacco snus can increase the risk of stomach, pancreatic, and rectal and esophagus cancers.

Sweden has long made it a goal to have a smoke-free society, pushing snus and smokeless nicotine products as a safer ...

Notably, both snus use and cigarette smoking were found to be equally popular, i.e., 35% of the cohort were snus users, and 38% were smokers. Unlike smoking, no association between snus use and ...

By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo. Sweden seeks to eradicate smoking by means of snus, a product that contains tobacco but without combustion. In the U.S., it is basically known as nicotine pouches.

He and his mates use nicotine pouches - or snus - until they vomit, he tells me. The strength of the nicotine - at 150mg a pouch - is enough, he says, to "immobilise" them, especially when they ...

The latest craze is Snus and it’s all over the town, all on the paths. There’s a lot of cigarette butts down the alleyways, and I think Castlebar is famed for its alleyways, we need those ...

He is worried that the "tidal wave of nicotine pouch use" that has hit Sweden - the home of the original, tobacco-based snus - will soon hit the UK. There, 25% of 16 to 29-year-olds are users and ...