smokeless tobacco
noun
: pulverized or shredded tobacco chewed or placed between cheek and gum : snuff
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That was followed by nicotine pouches (1.8%), cigarettes (1.4%), cigars (1.2%) and smokeless tobacco (1.2%).
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Tina Reed, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
From the traditional cigarette to the modern electronic cigarette, from the communal hookah to the discreet pinch of smokeless tobacco, each has proven to be detrimental to a person's health.
—Tribune News Service, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
Tobacco use, which includes smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco, and the use of alcohol are the two most common causes of head and neck cancers, experts say.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
Head and neck cancers are more common in people who smoke cigars as well as those who use smokeless tobacco, which is also associated with pancreatic and kidney cancer.
—Tribune News Service, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
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Tina Reed, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
From the traditional cigarette to the modern electronic cigarette, from the communal hookah to the discreet pinch of smokeless tobacco, each has proven to be detrimental to a person's health.
—Tribune News Service, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
Tobacco use, which includes smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco, and the use of alcohol are the two most common causes of head and neck cancers, experts say.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
Head and neck cancers are more common in people who smoke cigars as well as those who use smokeless tobacco, which is also associated with pancreatic and kidney cancer.
—Tribune News Service, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
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“Smokeless tobacco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smokeless%20tobacco. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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