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full screen “White snus” has increased explosively among young people. Archive image. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT
S group leader Lena Hallengren welcomes the proposal to ban snuff during school hours.
But Muf rages: “Snus is part of Swedish culture.”
The Social Democrats appointed the inquiry which has now submitted several proposals to the government on nicotine, nitrous oxide, alcohol and tobacco.
A ban is proposed against selling nitrous oxide for intoxicating purposes. And also to snuff and “vape” during school hours.
The investigation has presented important proposals, according to Lena Hallengren (S).
“Now the government must ensure that the proposals go to consultation so that they can also become reality. We politicians simply have to do what we can to prevent young people from being tricked into nicotine addiction by the strong snus lobby.”
But the Moderate Youth Union (Muf) rages against the investigation.
“Forssmed seems to want to compete with Annika Strandhäll for who can be the most boring and sassiest minister in Sweden. He uses his make-believe portfolio here and tries to solve a lot of make-believe problems,” writes chairman Douglas Thor in a comment.
The government should not get involved if people snuff at school or in the workplace, he believes.
“If anything, it is that snuff is part of Swedish culture that has meant that we have so few smokers.”
Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed (KD) does not want to comment on how he views the inquiry’s proposal, but says the following:
– We now have an almost explosive increase in the use among children and young people when it comes to white snus. It affects them, their brains are more sensitive, it affects their sleep and creates an addiction that children should not end up in. We need to work in different ways to prevent that.