NEW MAJOR STUDY: How dangerous snuff is: Here’s the answer
Now researchers at Umeå University can provide new insights into how dangerous snuff is.
Discussions about whether or not snus is good have recently gained new momentum and now the results of a Swedish study on the health effects of snus are clear.
Gloomy information for snuffers
Doctoral student Marja Lisa Byhamre from Umeå University’s Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine is now presenting her interesting thesis on the risks that people who smoke tobacco face in terms of life and health.
And this is grim information for all snuffers in Sweden.
Snuffers die first
– It can be seen that snus users die earlier in almost all categories of causes of death that we studied, says researcher Marja Lisa Byhamre.
By sniffing, you expose your body to a number of different poisons and these often include arsenic, nickel, nicotine and lead.
These are very dangerous substances for health and snoring leads to shortening life.
28% higher risk.
Umeå University says snus users often have less favorable social and economic backgrounds, but even when those underlying factors are removed, snus is dangerous.
– The difference remains even when other socio-economic and lifestyle factors are taken into account, says Marja Lisa Byhamre.
– The risk of premature death existed among both highly educated, well-paid, city-dwelling snuffers and low-educated snuffers, he says.
The new research report shows that snus users are at a massive 28% higher risk than non-snus users of dying prematurely.
Cancer and depression
Here are some of the causes of death suffered by snus users according to the new study:
– Cardiovascular disease
– Cancer
The new Swedish report is the largest of its kind in the world to date.
– Former snus users also had an increase in mortality, but this was lower than that among active snus users, according to the report.
One of the things revealed by the study concerns vitamin D.
– According to the study, snus eaters had lower levels of vitamin D in their blood than non-snus eaters.
Low vitamin D levels are linked to, for example, the following:
– Cardiovascular disease
– Depression
– Survival compromised
From 16 to 43 years old
Among the men who snorted, testosterone levels were slightly elevated, which is also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
In one of the three completed studies, 169,000 men were included.
They also studied about 900 people in Luleå who were followed up from 16 to 43 years of age.
Photo: Swedish match, Peter Knutson
Text: The editors
