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Swedish snuff more addicting?

Monday, October 26, 2009

Source: www.upi.com Author: staff A Swedish tobacco company adds a substance to snuff products to heighten dependency, an investigative report concluded. The usual level for snuff or ’snus’ is eight milligrams per gram but double that amount was found in one product produced by Swedish Match, the news program Kalla Fakta reported. The report alleges that Swedish Match [...]

Today’s smokeless tobacco is just as addictive and marketed to the young

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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Source: www.timesleader.com Author: Geri Anne Kaikowski It’s a misconception that just because you don’t smoke nicotine, it is less addictive and less dangerous than a cigarette. That’s the fallacy and danger behind a marketing ploy for a new take on a centuries old product, snuff. Whereas the old snuff, popular in the 1970s and 1980s in round paper [...]

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 or stroke. The [...]

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 for cancer [...]

Philip Morris expects FDA regulation will be a perk

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Source: Richmond Times Author: David Ress Jun 23, 2009 (Richmond Times-Dispatch – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – One of the real tests of how federal regulation will affect tobacco use could be something you’ll spot at a convenience store counter. A new law signed by President Barack Obama yesterday will, among many changes, move all tobacco products — snuff [...]

Chewing tobacco use surges among boys

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Source: Msnbc.msn.com Author: Staff WASHINGTON – Use of snuff and chewing tobacco by U.S. adolescent boys, particularly in rural areas, has surged this decade, a federal agency said in a report on Thursday that raised concern among tobacco control advocates. The use of such smokeless tobacco products increases the risk of oral cancer as well as heart disease [...]

Smoke signals

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Source: waldo.villagesoup.com Author: Dr. Jonathan M. Goss, DDS Dr. Jonathan M. Goss and the Staff of Camden Hills Dental Care would like to provide you with the following information from the Academy of General Dentistry for the education and care of your oral health. Smoke Signals Using tobacco can harm your mouth, including your teeth and gums, in [...]

Chewing tobacco use surges among boys

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Source: Reuters Reporter: Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Use of snuff and chewing tobacco by U.S. adolescent boys, particularly in rural areas, has surged this decade, a federal agency said in a report on Thursday that raised concern among tobacco control advocates. The use of such smokeless tobacco products increases the risk of oral cancer as well as heart [...]

Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 pct – WHO

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Source: in.reuters.com Author: staff Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency said on Tuesday. The review of 11 studies worldwide showed people who chewed tobacco and used snuff also had a 60 percent higher risk of [...]

Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Source: www.mayoclinic.org Authors: Robert Wolk et al. Use of smokeless tobacco raises short-term adrenaline levels in the bloodstream by more than 50 percent and also causes the heart rate and blood pressure to surge, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this week in Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The results suggest that [...]

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