News tagged with smokeless cigarettes
Virginia tobacco maker seeks new FDA designation
(AP) -- Tobacco maker Star Scientific Inc. says it has developed a moist smokeless tobacco with lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals than any other tobacco product now on the market.
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Chewing tobacco maker agrees to $5M settlement
(AP) -- The maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what is believed to be the first wrongful-death settlement won from a chewing tobacco ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances
A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff — placed between lip and gum — has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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How safe are e-cigarettes?
Tonya Moraffah takes a deep drag on her cigarette, feels the soothing surge of nicotine and explains what extinguished her 30-year, pack-a-day smoking habit.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Smokeless tobacco increases risk of heart attack and stroke
People who use smokeless tobacco products like snus have a slightly higher risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, according to research published on bmj.com today.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking
Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk. A large meta-analysis, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that snuff as used in Scandinavia has no ...
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Does Smokeless Tobacco Help Smokers Quit Cigarettes?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some smokers say they just can’t quit cigarettes. But previous studies of smokers in Sweden have suggested that many have done just that, by switching to smokeless tobacco. While not without health risks, ...
Jan 26, 2009 |
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