Articles tagged with Karolinska
Swedish study sheds new light on nicotine-Covid links
Swedish study sheds new light on nicotine-Covid links
Nicotine from tobacco does not protect against Covid-19, a new Swedish study has found. However, the study also adds to the body of evidence suggesting that smokers are somehow protected from Covid-19 infection. It remains unclear why. The study, carried o...
Lars Rutqvist: the oncologist who wants smokers to switch to Swedish snus
Lars Rutqvist: the oncologist who wants smokers to switch to Swedish snus
In the 1980s, it was controversial to claim that snus is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, especially if you were an oncologist. But Lars Rutqvist simply wanted to let the research speak for itself. And it...
New report on snus as a quit smoking aid
New report on snus as a quit smoking aid
More and more people are interested in how Swedish snus can be used as an aid to quit smoking. The latest report on the subject, from Tove Sohlberg and Peter Wennberg, two researchers at Stockholm Universit...
Snus and Covid-19: Sweden launches new research project
Snus and Covid-19: Sweden launches new research project
Following pleas from a prominent tobacco harm reduction advocate, researchers in Sweden are now examining the relationship between nicotine in snus and Covid-19 using a unique Swedish data set. “Sweden has ...
Diabetes and snus: high BMI a greater risk than snus
Diabetes and snus: high BMI a greater risk than snus
A new study has shown a link between type-2 diabetes and snus. But the study does not show that snus on its own significantly increases the risk of contracting the disease. Researchers from Karolinska Insti...
Snus does not increase risk of pancreatic cancer
Snus does not increase risk of pancreatic cancer
Swedish researchers have published an article in the prestigious International Journal of Cancer, which shows no increased risk of pancreatic cancer among snus users. The largest study on snus to date T...
‘Misleading picture’ of snus-diabetes link is Swedish media
‘Misleading picture’ of snus-diabetes link is Swedish media
A slew of recent newspaper articles and television reports have stated that snus use has a strong link to a higher risk of developing diabetes, based on the conclusions of a new study from Sweden’s Karolinska ...