SWEDISH SNUS TO APPEAR ON 60 MINUTES!

[RobsanX]

Wow! Talk about making the bigtime!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6353825n

[lxskllr]

Well it could be worse; it could be Geraldo. Is that douchebag still around?

[RobsanX]

Well it could be worse; it could be Geraldo. Is that douchebag still around?

Yep. Every night on FOX News.

I think they will give it a fair shake. The old dude said it straight, addiction is less of a problem than lung cancer!

[lxskllr]

Well, I guess they won't be able to screw us any harder. Hopefully it'll have a positive spin :^/

[lawofficegirl]

Well, I guess they won't be able to screw us any harder. Hopefully it'll have a positive spin :^/

totally agree.

[bakerbarber]

Is Baba Wawas still on that show?

[Liandri]

Just by that preview I have a feeling like they're going to demonize the product regardless. And the old man will be fighting for his life.

[GoVegan]

I have to agree that the preview sucks. They start by showing a classroom and then a kid using snus.

[JPono]

Just by that preview I have a feeling like they're going to demonize the product regardless. And the old man will be fighting for his life.

I don't know... I thought the preview looked pretty fair-handed, especially the last line. I guess we'll see.

[lawofficegirl]

I have to agree that the preview sucks. They start by showing a classroom and then a kid using snus.

i did catch that. i saw something in the news there was this whole thing about "could the children be using other products instead of cigarettes? in metro schools" like are you effen kidding me? you don't even know if they are but yet you ae questioning it? wTf

[RobsanX]

I have to agree that the preview sucks. They start by showing a classroom and then a kid using snus.

i did catch that. i saw something in the news there was this whole thing about "could the children be using other products instead of cigarettes? in metro schools" like are you effen kidding me? you don't even know if they are but yet you ae questioning it? wTf

If you have any question, go over to SMPOST. Kids are going to try to get away with stuff. I did, most kids do. It's not being dishonest.

As long as the piece is fair, that's what's most important.

[justintempler]

I'm looking forward to seeing this.

They did do their homework, they were snooping around snuscentral (I don't know about snuson) doing their homework so we have atleast a chance of getting our side of the story told.

[Mohave]

Personally I'd be astonished if CBS did anything but demonize the firms providing the product, and uncritically parrot the hysteria of the professional "health" Nazis. But ya know, for a low visibility product trying to get traction in an environment where much of the usual marketing tools are restricted, even "bad" publicity could have an upside. If I wasn't already using the stuff and now heard of it in a 60-Minutes style hit piece, with the same pinhead busybody folks who've been hectoring me about smoking and their "second hand" junk science, now claiming that this is an insidiously addictive product that is just so awful because it provides a way for tobacco users to enjoy what they seek discretely and cheaply without lighting up...

...I'd be all over that. Get ready for a surge in orders. Especially if they mention any clue about where & how to get it. If anyone still watches 60-Minutes these days?

[lawofficegirl]

actually i was browsing through an article that was written about obama in forbes talking about the his physicians even suggesting snus. anyone read it all? i didn't finish, my internet blocking demons at work got to it before i could finish it.

[Treath]

You know, anything that isn't american and is tobacco related will always get bad press in the news.
"Oh no, nicotine!"
I hope they have more of an unbiased look of snus for the public than this clip.
I'll be sure to watch this 60 minutes episode and see what else they say about snus.