As many of you probably know members of the European Union (Sweden excluded for now) may not buy their snus online or offline due to the European Union ban on snus.
At www.wewantsnus.com you can join for a change. So sign up, share whatever and demand the right for snus within the EU.
Johan
I’m in the US. Would my participation help?
Everyone can help. Even if you are allowed to buy in your region you can still help your fellow European snus users by joining.
I just joined.
I don’t use snus or live in Europe but that ticks me off. I’d bet my life the reason has more to do with money than the public health but it sucks to think that the EU is going Big Brother. It looks like the states are heading that way too. I’ll sign right up. I hope we can stop this from happening in Europe and around the world.I’m pretty sure the people who started democracy wanted responsible citizens to think for and support themselves not subjects who put people in power to make ALL their decisions and treat them like children. Even monarchs left a lot of personal choices up to their subjects. Had to rant cause this sort of thing gets me fired up. I’m no Glenn Beck but it is a slippery slope. If this sort of thing goes through we’ll be smoking godawful cigarettes and drinking horrible coffee to wash down horrible food while the inner party gets all the snuff and tea!
Snus has been banned in the EU since 1992. Utterly ridiculous.
I feel kinda bad sometimes because I’m getting snus here in the States, while those in Europe have to go without. @TomStrasbourg don’t want to get too political, but it is somewhat of a slippery slope… hence why I’ve started to grow my own tobacco. Damned if they take my tobacco away from me.
I’m afraid this may be too little too late, since the EU already closed its public consultation on tobacco. The results were disappointing, since AFAIK Sweden was the only country really supporting snus. The other countries prefer to see their citizens die of smoking-related diseases rather than considering scientific evidence.
The report of the consultation is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/docs/consultation\_report\_en.pdf. More info: http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/consultations/tobacco\_cons\_01\_en.htm
There is very little support in the members states for snus. Sadly, the main arguments for keeping the ban is simple scare-mongering and wild speculation into portal theories like “it will lead to smoking”. Never mind the evidence!
“A vast majority of respondents not only disagreed with the problem definition but were in favour of lifting the ban on snus.”
I have long been baffled by the weird contradiction that snus is illegal, while makla, which is much-much stronger, is legal. Personally, I think makla is revolting, but this isn’t about personal preference.
The really worrying part is that there is huge support for banning all forms of smokeless tobacco. Yep, that’s really gonna combat lung cancer. So are they actually gonna check if you’re smoking that virginia flake or illegally grinding it down to have a sniff?
it’s good to fight for our freedom to please our nicotine receptors! and snuss is good stuff! looking forward to be able to order that on-line! JOINED!
Well it looks like the ban is now in full effect! Nobody wants to go against the EU after the Snusworldwide court decision. You have just days to try to beat this, good luck.