At a hearing of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on public health on the prevention of non-communicable diseases on Thursday 1 June, a Swedish expert stunned MEPs by promoting the consumption of snus.
Fredrik Nyström, from Linköping University, spoke about the effects of snus consumption, which is said to be less harmful than cigarettes. He was interrupted during his speech, but then continued his presentation without returning to the subject of non-communicable diseases....