That's all we know, since tobacco companies are not required to list the ingredients in their products. Camel Snus is so "cool" that it is refrigerated "so it's fresh when you buy it," but oddly does not have to be refrigerated once opened. It seems to be a form of snuff chewed instead of sniffed and is especially popular in Sweden where it originated. It can be used on airplanes and in other nonsmoking areas, "pleasure for wherever," as the pamphlet says. The first two test markets-Portland and Austin-are known as hip, young, nonsmoking towns, so it doesn't seem to me that the Camel Snus advertising is aimed at people who already use tobacco, to convince them to switch, but rather at nonsmokers, to get them to start.
This is all so outrageous I could spit or not! Research from Sweden finds that male snus users, in comparison to non-tobacco users, have a higher incidence of pancreatic cancer, but no difference in lung or oral cancers.
It should be noted that Sweden has strict regulation of the manufacturing process and the ingredients in snus, whereas U. What we do know is that there is no safe level of tobacco use. From a public health standpoint, one major concern is that snus may become an entry-level product luring youth into heavier tobacco use.
How can you protect children from snus? The advice is the same used to prevent cigarette use. If you are a smoker or smokeless tobacco user, quitting is the best thing that you can do for your children. While words are important, actions are even more powerful. Set Your Date to Quit Smoking — a local cessation resource www.
My Rule: Live Outside the Pack — a prevention resource for local youth www. Reynolds America Inc. Experts wonder whether snus will help wean people off cigarettes and snuff, or just foster a second addiction. While snus has been around, it hasn't been prominent in this country. Will it create more harm or less harm? Reynolds is confident its new product will find a following. Early next year, it's taking snus national with a marketing blitz that spokesman David Howard says will include direct mail, print and Web advertising, and point-of-sale promotions.
Popular for decades in Sweden, where it was invented, snus has been banned in every other European Union nation since over concerns about carcinogens. But smokeless tobacco is legal in the U. The American Cancer Society supports any tool that helps smokers quit. Prevention officials already have their work cut out for them in West Virginia, which has the third-highest adult smoking rate in the U.
To sustain its current level of sales and combat tobacco-related deaths, Adkins says, the industry must find 4, "replacement smokers" a year in West Virginia alone. With more public bans on puffing, they say smokers need socially acceptable alternatives. Danny Wolfe, a year-old computer draftsman, gave up regular spit tobacco and has been using Copenhagen tobacco pouches for several years. He spits out the juice; it gives him heartburn. It doesn't get in your teeth. It doesn't have the mess," says Wolfe, who was sick of smoking outside his Morgantown office.
You're replacing.
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