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EU policymakers are guilty of spreading \u201cfake news\u201d about the true causes of cancer in their recently released Beating Cancer Plan, a Swedish group has claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a sharply worded letter to the European Commission<\/a>, Sweden\u2019s Snus Commission argues that the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan \u201cdoes not focus on what really causes cancer\u201d by failing to distinguish between cigarettes and other forms of less harmful nicotine consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo beat cancer, the EU should make smoking of traditional cigarettes more restricted but give present day smokers an alternative, less harmful way of getting their daily nicotine,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Snus Commission<\/a>, an independent commission that produces reports about Swedish snus, argues that access to less harmful nicotine products such as snus or nicotine pouches, can help smokers shift away from deadly cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The authors reference the situation in the UK, where a number of public health agencies have adopted the principle of harm reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Snus Commission also points to the \u201cSwedish Experience<\/a>\u201d with tobacco as further evidence for their claims that less harmful nicotine alternatives can help cut smoking rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden currently boasts one of the lowest smoking rates in the EU, thanks in part to the widespread use of snus instead of cigarettes. Even though men in Sweden use tobacco to roughly the same extent as men in other EU countries, Sweden has the EU\u2019s lowest tobacco-related mortality among men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018You don\u2019t get cancer from snus\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While turning to combustible cigarettes to satisfy one\u2019s craving for nicotine will result in a shorter lifespan for at least half of users, using snus \u201cdoes not shorten the life of the user\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou do not get cancer from snus,\u201d the authors write, citing the 2016 Global Burden of Disease<\/a> study published in the Lancet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Snus Commission also accuses policymakers in Brussels of choosing ideology over science in their Beating Cancer Plan, which calls for a \u201ctobacco-free\u201d generation by 2040 without distinguishing between smoking and other forms of nicotine consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the goal is to get rid of all nicotine use in the Union, that should be said and backed up by evidence, not hidden behind the just fight against traditional cigarettes,\u201d the group writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo beat cancer in the EU, the authorities should be truthful and refrain from fake news, attack the main causes of cancer and allow less harmful sources of nicotine to be used so that the rates of smoking really are lowered quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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