Hey Daylia, I wouldn't necessarily trust anything the Swedes say! :0) I was working there for a week recently and I found many of the guys (and gals) cramming what looked like little tea-bags in their mouths between their top lip and gum. They then proceeded to tell me how bad the low-fat crisps I ate with my lunch are for my health. Then they described how smoking is a serious health risk, so they use these little tea-bags (which contain tobacco and smell like dog-shit) "because they're not such a health-risk". Then (and I almost puked at this) they showed me the holes in their gums and cheeks that sucking on these things causes - one guy (who actually doesn't use the tea-bags, but buys the gunge that's inside them 'loose' in a tin, and shoves handfuls of it up his gums) had a hole right through into his nose! How gross is that??

Conclusion - just like smokers, the Swedes I met will dream up any justification for their madness! :0)

Please don't bite me! (LOL) :0)