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New Smokeless Tobacco from Sweden is Gaining Popularity in the US

Monday, May 16, 2011

Source: DrugFree.org A type of smokeless tobacco popular in Sweden called snus is growing in popularity in the United States. While most recognize that it is a safer alternative to cigarettes or older forms of smokeless tobacco, others are concerned that it will attract young people, becoming a steppingstone to cigarettes, says a researcher who [...]

Fatal adverse events with Bevacizumab

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Source: Medscape Today Treatment-Related Mortality With Bevacizumab in Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis Study Summary Although bevacizumab has been shown to improve survival in patients with a variety of solid tumors when added to conventional chemotherapy, it has also been associated with life-threatening and fatal adverse events (FAEs), including bleeding, thromboembolism, and perforation. This improvement in [...]

Stephen Strasburg attempts to quit smokeless tobacco

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Source: www.washingtonpost.com Author: Adam Kilgore Like any other high school kid, Stephen Strasburg wanted to emulate the major league baseball players he watched on television. He mimicked their actions down to the last detail. He rolled his pants up to reveal high socks, wore wristbands at the plate and, during downtime, opened tins of chewing [...]

Garagiola, who quit, warns about chewing tobacco

Saturday, May 29, 2010

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Source: nytimes.com Author: George Vescey Joe Garagiola has been to too many funerals. Some of them were for friends who chewed tobacco, the way Garagiola used to do. Now Garagiola has been given the gift of time. He intends to use it to speak out against the habit of chewing tobacco. “I tell these guys, [...]

Experts warn that new “smokeless” tobacco products are still dangerous

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Source: FOX21News Author: Tracee Tolentino DULUTH – The tobacco industry is offering new products and finding new ways to attract and keep customers. However, health advocates say the new products are just as dangerous, and the customers are getting younger and younger. “Most 6-year-olds, if you queried them, they would know who Joe Camel is,” [...]

Snuff and chewing tobacco linked to increased risk of fatal MI or stroke

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Source: WebMD Author: Marlene Busko Lyon, France – Smokeless tobacco—such as snuff and chewing tobacco—is not harmless when it comes to heart health, according to a new meta-analysis [1]. A review of 11 studies from Sweden and the US, almost entirely in men, showed that smokeless-tobacco users had an increased risk of death from MI [...]

Oral use of Swedish moist snuff (snus) and risk for cancer of the mouth, lung, and pancreas in male construction workers: a retrospective cohort study

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Source: www.thelancet.com Author: Juhua Luo, MSc et al. Background: Although classified as carcinogenic, snuff is used increasingly in several populations. Scandinavian moist snuff (snus) has been proposed as a less harmful alternative to smoking, but precise data on the independent associations of snus use with site-specific cancers are sparse. We aimed to assess the risks [...]

Tobacco road takes a turn to the smokeless

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Source: online.wsj.com Author: Kevin Helliker About 18 months ago, Russell Stevens gave up cigarettes and took up a new habit — placing between his lip and gum a tiny pouch of smokeless tobacco called Camel Snus. The 26-year-old Kentuckian says it satisfies his craving for nicotine while exposing him to far fewer risks than did [...]

Oral use of Swedish moist snuff (snus) and risk for cancer of the mouth, lung, and pancreas in male construction workers: a retrospective cohort study

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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Source: The Lancet, Volume 369, Issue 9578, Pages 2015 – 2020 Authors: Juhua Luo et al. Background: Although classified as carcinogenic, snuff is used increasingly in several populations. Scandinavian moist snuff (snus) has been proposed as a less harmful alternative to smoking, but precise data on the independent associations of snus use with site-specific cancers [...]

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