• kungen@feddit.nu
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    4 days ago

    The only known negatives with nicotine is that it’s apparently a bit stressful for the heart. So it’s still good to avoid taking it, but if you’re going to take nicotine anyways, it’s the safest delivery method.

    Do other countries also have an ingredients list on nicotine pouches? Sweden has always had it (even on snus), as it’s classified as a food product. I’ve always found it interesting that a product that shouldn’t be swallowed has an ingredients list, but products that “should” be swallowed (such as alcohol) doesn’t.

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      4 days ago

      it’s the safest delivery method.

      hitting your head with a 2 pound hammer is safer than hitting your head with a 10 pound hammer.

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      It’s the whole coronary system not just the heart. It also comes with the same swath of possible symptoms as most stimulants including high blood pressure, stress/anxiety, etc.

      That said, IMO the biggest issue is the litter. Used pouches should go into the trash can and away from animals.

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      I don’t think the US has strict regulations on the ingredients… I don’t know why, likely lobbyist behavior, but also I think people just accept that if you smoke you don’t give a shit and it’s unhealthy by default, so it’s not a big deal if they add chemicals.

      Which becomes more ridiculous with nicotine pouches for this reason. Nicotine isn’t cancerous, so it would be super shitty to add carcinogens in the pouches and then claim it’s a tobacco product so you should expect it.

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        I don’t think the US has strict regulations on the ingredients… I don’t know why

        Unca Jesse. This cunt protected tobacco his entire sad life until he died of “natural causes”.

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      Vaping is very possibly much less unhealthy than chewing tobacco, but of course we don’t have long term studies yet

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        Nicotine pouches isn’t chewing tobacco. Chewing tobacco is one of the most unhealthiest ways to consume nicotine.