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Cancer-causing chemical found in smokeless tobacco

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Source: www.foxnews.com Author: staff A chemical in smokeless tobacco products has been found to cause cancer, according to a new study in animals. The chemical was a strong inducer of oral tumors, the study showed. While use of smokeless tobacco products has been strongly linked to the development of cancer, no specific chemical in [...]

Tobacco Makers Must List Ingredients, Prove Safety Claims

Monday, April 2, 2012

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Source: Businessweek.com Tobacco companies will have to begin reporting the amount of unsafe chemicals in their products and prove their so-called lower-risk alternatives to smoking such as snuff are actually safer, U.S. regulators said. The Food and Drug Administration moved today to implement pieces of a 2009 law giving the agency the authority to regulate [...]

UPDATE 1-Swedish Match pushes ahead with snus in the U.S

Friday, February 24, 2012

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Source: Reuters.com STOCKHOLM, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Tobacco products group Swedish Match will step up promotion of moist Swedish-style snuff, called snus, in the United States this year where it expect the market to grow faster than its Scandinavian home territory. Snus, a tobacco product put under the lip and sucked, mostly in pouches, is [...]

Tobacco industry adapts to world of fewer smokers

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Source: The Tennessean Author: Anita Wadhwani By any name or variety you choose — call it snuff, dip, chew or plug — smokeless tobacco is making a comeback, and Tennessee farmers, factory workers and consumers are playing a major role in the renewed buzz. Farmers here and in Kentucky who once made a good living [...]

Tobacco company pays $5M in groundbreaking case

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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Source: www.ctlawtribune.com Author: Thomas B. Scheffey Kelly June Hill, Executrix, et al. v. U.S. Smokeless Tobacco: The Altria Group, successor to tobacco marketer United States Smokeless Tobacco of Greenwich, has settled for $5 million a lawsuit filed by the estate of a North Carolina man who died of tongue cancer. The worker, Bobby Hill, initially [...]

Smokeless Tobacco Rates on the Rise

Monday, November 22, 2010

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Source: WebMD By: Bill Hendrick Even after a generation of warnings from public health officials about the dangers of tobacco use, about 20% of Americans still smoke cigarettes, a CDC report says. The report also shows the rate of smokers who also use smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco and snuff, is rising. Using smokeless [...]

Maternal use of swedish snuff (Snus) and risk of stillbirth

Sunday, November 21, 2010

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Source: www.bioportfolio.com Author: Wikström, Anna-Karin Background: Swedish snuff has been discussed internationally as a safer alternative to tobacco smoking. International cigarette manufacturers are promoting new snuff products, and the use of Swedish snuff is increasing, especially among women of childbearing age. The effect of Swedish snuff on pregnancy complications is unknown. Methods: In this population-based [...]

On the Call: Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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Source: Business Week Richmond, VA Like other tobacco companies, Altria Group Inc. is focusing on cigarette alternatives such as cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco for sales growth as tax increases, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma make the cigarette business tougher. The smokeless tobacco category is growing at about 7 percent a year, but [...]

Dead man will be remembered for spreading oral cancer

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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Source: The Gawker/ WSJ Author: Steven Miller Louis Bantle, the former marketing director and chairman of U.S. Tobacco, died earlier this month at the age of 81 from emphysema and lung cancer. Bantle was most famous for convincing millions of teenagers to dip. The WSJ chroniclesBantle’s work from the 1960s through the 1990s, during which [...]

Smokeless tobacco won’t help smokers quit

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Source: www.webmd.com Author: Bill Hendrick Smokeless tobacco products — whether chewed or used as dry or moist snuff — may increase the risk of heart attack, fatal stroke and certain cancers, says a new policy statement published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. “No tobacco product is safe to consume,” Mariann Piano, [...]

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