Talk:Snus/Archives/2018

Comment by QuackGuru

Copied from User talk: HLHJ

I was editing the article. I noticed there is a problem in the lead. The Food and Drug Administration ruled in 2015 that there was not sufficient evidence to permit snus to be advertised as a safer alternative to smoking.[4][unreliable medical source?] It was not about snus in general. It was a specific brand and the source is incompatible with MEDRS. QuackGuru (talk) 15:02, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

It was a poor sentence and source. I replaced the lede statement with a much better one. I also clarified your statement on pregnancy, and re-sourced it with MEDRS. HLHJ (talk) 03:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

"Sting-free Snus" paragraph seems like advertising material.

This paragraph needs editing or removal, I think. -- Resuna (talk) 14:48, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect assertion

The article asserts incorrectly that snus is illegal in all European (EU) countries besides Sweden. This is an oversimplification, it is the sale of snus that is illegal in all EU countries, except Sweden. A traveller may purchase snus in Sweden, in person, and take it into another EU country, for personal use only. The quantity permitted is determined by each individual member state, as per their tobacco import regulations. Indeed, snus is sold in the duty free shops of all major Swedish airports in terminals for EU flights. Reference: Directive 89/622/EEC prohibited the sale in the Member States of certain types of tobacco for oral use. Article 151 of the Act of Accession ... grants the Kingdom of Sweden a derogation from the provisions of that Directive in this regard. The only two countries in the World with a complete ban on snus are Iceland and Singapore. HanssonUK (talk) 09:04, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Fixed[1]. I think the previous wording was about sale as well, but it was ambiguous. Now it is specified, and it is consistent with the wording in the reference given, where it stated "The sale of snus is illegal in the European Union, except in Sweden." --Kim D. Petersen 18:34, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I don't know if this warrants another topic, but I don't think the citation that's currently on the claim that snus is illegal is specific enough. i.e. I read the linked EU directive page, and could find no mention of it being made illegal in any way. The closest I could find were two mentioned directives, from 1992 and 1990. One of which was repealed by the linked directive. Is there a standard for linking to a specific subsection from an EU directive document? Bno112300 (talk) 01:35, 18 November 2018 (UTC)