Swedish snus could be banned

[Ansel]

GN, Gajane - AKBAR!

We could fight this lunacy with lunacy. We may even get some press coverage and raise the profile of snus. lol

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh
EU, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y'all

EU, huh, good God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me

Ohhh, EU, I despise
Because it means destruction
Of innocent lives

EU means tears
To thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to smoke
And lose their lives
...

It is good for same sex marriage ,it is good for same sex marriage parents adopt baybis , it is good for extremistik organisations and they're rights, it good for loosing national identity , it is good for pharmaceutical company's and WHO( world health organisation , and it is bed for svine flu couse Sweden bout 9 million vacsins but that god dammed Svine Flu was not so pandemic as Pharmatheutical companies was thinking, and it is good for unsatesfyed man and women MP in EU Capital Bruxelles who come to EU council each morning and thinking how to take revenge of common Europian becouse his wife or here husband were not so hot in the bed at night , I thing that is all what it is good for

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

GN, Gajane - AKBAR!

I would prefer Arkhiangel Gabriel-Jan

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

Ryker min snusprilla – då ska jag fimpa EU helt
Igår 07:46 Min lyckligaste stund på dagen infinner sig alltid på morgonen, precis när jag har vaknat.
annons:

Jag stapplar ut ur sovrummet, går ostadigt, som på ett tåg, tar stöd i väggarna på min väg mot badrummet. Sköljer mitt ansikte i iskallt vatten. Så sätter jag på kaffe i köket. Står där i min morgonrock, med böjd nacke och väntar. Det löftesrika gurglande ljudet när röret suger upp det sista vattnet.
Häller upp en kopp, placerar morgontidningen framför mig på köksbordet, den är orörd, ah, det blir jag som tar oskulden på den. Och där sitter jag med min tidning och med min heta kopp kaffe och det är då jag tar min första snus för dagen. Den där känslan av morgonprilla innanför överläpp, det sticker till, nej, det kittlar till! Något litet händer med mitt system, som en balans som återupprättas.
Och jag dricker mitt kaffe och det går som en stöt genom hela kroppen, en lust till livet, jag känner en harmoni mellan världen och mig själv, en lycka i att finnas till, en triumf att existera – och samtidigt känner jag en lycklig, porlande oro: låt aldrig den här stunden ta slut.
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Snusandet har givit mig så mycket lycka i livet. Och nu har jag förstått att EU vill ta den ifrån mig. Jag kan inte detaljerna, men de vill förbjuda så många ämnen i snus att det innebär att det inte blir möjligt att tillverka snus längre. This is the end of snusande as we know it, som en person på Swedish Match konstaterade, fast på svenska.
Tro nu inte att jag känner sorg inför beskedet. Jag känner vrede. Jag har snusande att tacka för en hel del, nämligen. Till exempel röker jag inte längre tack vare snuset. Jag är glad för det, eftersom det står fullständigt klart att rökande ger människor cancer.
Ingen har hittills kunnat bevisa för mig att snusande skadar min hälsa. EU vill gärna fortsätta sälja cancer-cigaretter, men snuset vill de förinta. Jag kommer att kämpa för det här. Jag kommer att kämpa så länge som det krävs. Jag accepterar
inte att förlora min lyckligaste stund på dagen. Jag gör det inte!
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Och om jag förlorar, om det ändå blir så att snusen förbjuds i Sverige, vet ni vad jag gör då? Då tar jag fram min gamla uniform som jag har uppe på vinden. Tar på mig den oändligt långsamt. Knäpper knapp efter knapp med emfas. Fäster ordnarna och medaljerna på bröstet, en efter en. Trär på de långa vita handskarna, ställer mig framför en spegel, ser till att de sitter som det ska. Så sätter jag mig vid mitt skrivbord, stoppar in en sista snus innanför läppen, njuter av den med en sista kopp kaffe och så skjuter jag mig själv i huvudet.
Artikel Fr.o.m. AFTONBLADET by Alex Shulman translation om the way

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

I can not translate it sorry

[heders]

Beautiful! Totally agree. But it seems like this is false alarm:

Google translated site (may be totally crazy):

"Recently, screamed a headline that the EU was thinking prohibit snus in Sweden, "in disguise" (Aftonbladet 19/4). Other media hanging on, politicians of various shades promised to fight for snuff, a responsibility center communications director prophesied a blow for the "whole portfolio", and angry and desperate snuff filled the gaps and comment fields.

First, the evening took an alert journalist contact with those responsible in Brussels to get the facts. The answer? No, there is no decision, not even a suggestion, that "sly way" prohibit snus in Sweden. They discuss the regulation of additives in tobacco products (mainly cigarettes) of a similar nature that are already in the U.S., where "Swedish" snus, although this is still being sold freely."The data must have its source in Sweden," said EU spokesman politely. In plain language: it was a homemade canard that splashed in the Swedish dam."


In Swedish:

http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt...te_7078827.svd

[Naswari]

I know its been suggested many times but why don't the snus manufacturers give the EU the middle finger by labelling the exact same product as nasal snuff.

They could easily turn the tables on the politicians by doing just that,there'd be no way of differentiating between snus and moist dark snuff and there's no way they could stop it being used orally.If they were to do that their products would be legal to sell in EU countries and I'm sure their profits would sky rocket.

The only problem I can see with that is some people might actually try to use it like snuff, would that be a problem?

[Tom200]

Beautiful! Totally agree. But it seems like this is false alarm:

Google translated site (may be totally crazy):

"Recently, screamed a headline that the EU was thinking prohibit snus in Sweden, "in disguise" (Aftonbladet 19/4). Other media hanging on, politicians of various shades promised to fight for snuff, a responsibility center communications director prophesied a blow for the "whole portfolio", and angry and desperate snuff filled the gaps and comment fields.

First, the evening took an alert journalist contact with those responsible in Brussels to get the facts. The answer? No, there is no decision, not even a suggestion, that "sly way" prohibit snus in Sweden. They discuss the regulation of additives in tobacco products (mainly cigarettes) of a similar nature that are already in the U.S., where "Swedish" snus, although this is still being sold freely."The data must have its source in Sweden," said EU spokesman politely. In plain language: it was a homemade canard that splashed in the Swedish dam."


In Swedish:

http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt...te_7078827.svd

Yeah, but I'm still not convinced. Still great if it was false alarm. Swedish Match took it seriously though.

Also the rest of the article is very negative against the Swedish snus lobby. It says that the lobby is contra-productive and that we should respect the european snus ban.

[precious007]

It is good for same sex marriage ,it is good for same sex marriage parents adopt baybis , it is good for extremistik organisations and they're rights, it good for loosing national identity , it is good for pharmaceutical company's and WHO( world health organisation , and it is bed for svine flu couse Sweden bout 9 million vacsins but that god dammed Svine Flu was not so pandemic as Pharmatheutical companies was thinking, and it is good for unsatesfyed man and women MP in EU Capital Bruxelles who come to EU council each morning and thinking how to take revenge of common Europian becouse his wife or here husband were not so hot in the bed at night , I thing that is all what it is good for

100% Agree and the list continues .... The worst there is to the EU that it's good only for 2% of the population (that means the leaders, the ones that make the laws in their favor)

I'm pretty much convinced that in 1989 when the Revolution came and the communist party was destroyed in Romania, people were doing better on all given levels.

The revolution should start now because it's even worse for the majority, and why suffer for the few?

The problem is even worse for our brothers in Republic of Moldavia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and all the balkan countries, we're standing above most of them.

In Romania there are people unemployed that had to cut out the electricity and water and heating to their one room apartments, have no money for food and so on and so on ... and seemingly EU does nothing to protect these poor guys that were less fortunate to live a normal life.

There is a way out, but people that live in poverty don't have any type of education so imagine that most of them either live in poverty or just start stealing and going into the black markets.

That's what EU wanted, in fact I am not amazed because it's one of Hitler's dreams.

Where there's many - there's power - that's why all the bastards teamed up to become "MORE BASTARDS".....

I live in country that's a member of EU and they don't even care or know how to put a proper diagnose on a seemingly serious illness, I live in a country where I have to find my own way in life on my own (actually being pushed into doing everything myself) because no one is there to offer protection of any kind. Where the average salary can not even pay the groceries..... most people are pushed into finding another way.....

EU sucks on all levels, but let's start sending letter to the EU council - at least bring some awareness.

I'll send one in today ;-)

who's next?

All the big companies such as northerner and all the others should do the same one thing, at least bring some awareness, even if we don't do anything about it then at least we have tried .....

[Jan]

April 25, 2012 is tomorrow. It is when SnusWorldWide trial takes place in Sweden... Northerner said in their facebook page they would await the outcome and decide whether to continue Sweden to EU sales or close the shop.
I placed an order with snus2.se in the morning. It ships today. Better safe than sorry.

Does anyone else look in the calendar?

[Fazer]

April 25, 2012 is tomorrow. It is when SnusWorldWide trial takes place in Sweden... Northerner said in their facebook page they would await the outcome and decide whether to continue Sweden to EU sales or close the shop.
I placed an order with snus2.se in the morning. It ships today. Better safe than sorry.

Does anyone else look in the calendar?

I did give a heads up in the other EU ban thread about the date, i've not placed an order because i've not got any cash to spare. I've got enough to last me a good few months, but if it does go tits-up, i guess i'm screwed like the rest of the EU

[kevs]

Then it'll be SnusOn group meeting in Sweden somewhere around July!

[Snusdog]

April 25, 2012 is tomorrow. It is when SnusWorldWide trial takes place in Sweden... Northerner said in their facebook page they would await the outcome and decide whether to continue Sweden to EU sales or close the shop.
I placed an order with snus2.se in the morning. It ships today. Better safe than sorry.

Does anyone else look in the calendar?

This is a big deal with implications beyond the EU. Were the EU to lift the ban, it would give weight to American Harm Reduction campaigns

If they clamp down........it will make things tighter all around

My guess is the status quo

Thanks for the heads up guys……….and please keep us posted!!!

[Frosted]

I've prepared. If it's banned I've got 2 weeks off in May booked especially to give up. If it isn't banned - it's still a bonus.

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

It will not be bannad , brothers calm down please .