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google translate can't figure out the word ”snusa”? god the state of machine tl is dire man

okay so, for the benefit of our non-swedish-speaking audience, ”snusa” means to use ”snus”, powdered tobacco leaves in a teabag you stuff under your lip, illegal everywhere but sweden

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and ”vitt snus” (literally “white snus”) is what swedes call nicotine pouches, because you use them just like snus but they're “white” due to the lack of the actual tobacco in them, just nicotine and flavourings. it's the shit they're trying to hook all da kids on, france bans it

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this is the kind of thing you'd think wikipedia would tell you, but it doesn't. until now; i just added a note about the swedish naming to the relevant pages. even in the languages of everyone-speaks-english tiny european countries, there is stuff you only learn by living there!

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