myths

[slatter]

what are some of the myths associated with snus.

[darkwing]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

[slatter]

those are 2 good ones. i was wondering if they had crazy stuff like they put figer glass or anything like that, basically crazy stuff like that.

[chainsnuser]

I guess, most dip-myths also apply for snus. Anti-tobacco-people are the same liars around the world.

The fiberglass-myth is also very common for snus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sn..._glass_content

Also:
-the "lethal-nicotine-amount"-myth
-the "atomic-waste"-myth
- ...

Well, most myths are partly true (at least the myths that are not made by medics), so I took the risk with my first snus-order. Of course, most myths turned out to be absolute nonsense.

The only myths, that turned out to be true, are the "cigarette-like-nicotine-amount"-myth and the 'ideal-stop-smoking-instrument'-myth. :lol:

Cheers!

[marspatukka]

- If you put even a small amount of snus under your tongue, you'll die.
This used myth used to go around my school ~6 years ago.

- When you use snus long enough, you'll be able to scratch your eyeball under your lip.

- In 19th century snus included camel-shit.

+ the cancer-stuff and other usual bs

[slatter]

- If you put even a small amount of snus under your tongue, you'll die.
This used myth used to go around my school ~6 years ago.

- When you use snus long enough, you'll be able to scratch your eyeball under your lip.

- In 19th century snus included camel-shit.

+ the cancer-stuff and other usual bs

that is some of the funniest stuff that i have ever heard. that one about the eyeball really made me laugh.

[nzkiwi]

I think that the one that gets under my skin the most is:

"You gave up cigarettes for smokeless tobacco, that's worse than smoking". :roll: I believe cigarettes and alcohol cause more oral cancer than smokeless tobacco. I've given up on trying to educate people that it's the burning of the tobacco that's dangerous. :idea:

Another one is:

smokeless tobacco causes cavities. Smokeless tobacco is high in ph(alkaline), if anything it probably neutralises the acid that causes cavities.

[Densmorde]

The most common one in my sorroundings are: If you usually put ur pie on the left side u'll go blind eventually. The cause is that the vision nerve passes through just milimeters from your lip (obviously not, but i dont know if there are other nervs important to your vision) and that your addiction to snus eventually will cause corrosion all the way through the nerv, thus u go blind.

[hunter7]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

Are you sure this isn't true?

[Craig de Tering]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

Are you sure this isn't true?

Oral cancer from snus has never been proven even through numerous clinical studies.
Stained teeth...well I don't have 'em and the norwegian friend who introduced me to snus used almost a can a day and also didn't have stained teeth.
Then again, women can distinguish a million more colors than men so I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder :lol:

[The Wolf]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

Are you sure this isn't true?

The connection between snus and cancer has not been ensured. Reportedly only one person has ever died on snus-effects and that was American snuff he used. He used 3½ cans a day and had a tumour which was operated off but he still kept using snuff like he did before.

EDIT: Too slow.

[darkwing]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

Are you sure this isn't true?

DO you think these are true? If so, what evidence do you have?

[rocketbear79]

It causes oral cancer and stains your teeth.

Are you sure this isn't true?

DO you think these are true? If so, what evidence do you have?

I'm sure its possible, but HIGHLY improbable. Not anywhere even in the same league as smoking, and I think some of those numbers are inflated as well when they come from anything but an unbiased medical report.

[Anti]

The most common one in my sorroundings are: If you usually put ur pie on the left side u'll go blind eventually. The cause is that the vision nerve passes through just milimeters from your lip (obviously not, but i dont know if there are other nervs important to your vision) and that your addiction to snus eventually will cause corrosion all the way through the nerv, thus u go blind.

Thats where I put my snus (left side.)

Hope there's no truth to that! :cry:

[Gneldre]

With that many seeing people in the world with pierced lips, I can almost assure you it's just crapshit.