smokeless tobacco
noun
: pulverized or shredded tobacco chewed or placed between cheek and gum : snuff
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The research on smokeless tobacco products (like snuff or dissolvable forms) and cancer shows the same trajectory: Any amount increases your risk, in this case specifically of cancers of the head and neck, esophagus, and pancreas.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
In this case, the data show that these nicotine pouch products meet that bar by benefiting adults who use cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and completely switch to these products.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The authorized products pose a lower risk of cancer and other serious health conditions than cigarettes and most smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff and snus, due to substantially lower amounts of harmful constituents, the agency said in a statement.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Next up in the fight to shrink government is the age limit on buying cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
In this case, the data show that these nicotine pouch products meet that bar by benefiting adults who use cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and completely switch to these products.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The authorized products pose a lower risk of cancer and other serious health conditions than cigarettes and most smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff and snus, due to substantially lower amounts of harmful constituents, the agency said in a statement.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Next up in the fight to shrink government is the age limit on buying cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Smokeless tobacco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smokeless%20tobacco. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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