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==== Chewing tobacco (“chew”) ====

Chewing tobacco is available in loose leaves, plugs, or twists of tobacco, and is placed between the cheek and gum or teeth. Examples of chewing tobacco include Red Man and Levi Garrett.

This opinion piece is interesting as it looks at the risk and how to reduce it:

[https://theprint.in/opinion/no-gutkha-zarda-or-khaini-is-safe-but-heres-how-their-cancer-causing-risk-can-be-reduced/1966957/ No gutkha, zarda, or khaini is ‘safe’. But here’s how their cancer-causing risk can be reduced] (The Print India article)

* Many of the cancer causing chemicals are produced by curing or bacterial growth and fermentation of the product, either intentional or during transit or storage.

* It may allow local products to be made with a much lower risk, by eliminating the fermentation and curing processes that result in carcinogens.

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== Scientific studies and papers ==

=== 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38051542/ Heterogeneity of Harmful Constituent Profiles in Smokeless Tobacco Products from Five African Countries] ===

* Chem Res Toxicol. 2023 Dec 5. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00181. Online ahead of print.

* Francisco Gomez, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, Katrina Yershova, Vipin Jain, Aleksandra Alcheva, Dorothy K Hatsukami, Mark Parascandola , Irina Stepanov

* Manufactured and custom-made SLT products were purchased from five African countries (South Africa, Uganda, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Zambia) using a standard approach for sample collection, labeling, and storage. Moisture content, pH, total and unprotonated (biologically available) nicotine, five tobacco-specific ''N''-nitrosamines (TSNA), 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), five metals and metalloids (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb), nitrate, and nitrite were analyzed.

=== 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37560082/ Death, Disability, and Premature Life Years Lost Due to Cigarettes, Bidis, and Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Comparative Assessment.] ===

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# https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685874/

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 ==== Chewing tobacco (“chew”) ====
 Chewing tobacco is available in loose leaves, plugs, or twists of tobacco, and is placed between the cheek and gum or teeth. Examples of chewing tobacco include Red Man and Levi Garrett.
+This opinion piece is interesting as it looks at the risk and how to reduce it:
+[https://theprint.in/opinion/no-gutkha-zarda-or-khaini-is-safe-but-heres-how-their-cancer-causing-risk-can-be-reduced/1966957/ No gutkha, zarda, or khaini is ‘safe’. But here’s how their cancer-causing risk can be reduced] (The Print India article)
+* Many of the cancer causing chemicals are produced by curing or bacterial growth and fermentation of the product, either intentional or during transit or storage.
+* It may allow local products to be made with a much lower risk, by eliminating the fermentation and curing processes that result in carcinogens.
 ==== Snuff ====
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 == Scientific studies and papers ==
+=== 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38051542/ Heterogeneity of Harmful Constituent Profiles in Smokeless Tobacco Products from Five African Countries] ===
+* Chem Res Toxicol. 2023 Dec 5. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00181. Online ahead of print.
+* Francisco Gomez, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, Katrina Yershova, Vipin Jain, Aleksandra Alcheva, Dorothy K Hatsukami, Mark Parascandola , Irina Stepanov
+* Manufactured and custom-made SLT products were purchased from five African countries (South Africa, Uganda, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Zambia) using a standard approach for sample collection, labeling, and storage. Moisture content, pH, total and unprotonated (biologically available) nicotine, five tobacco-specific ''N''-nitrosamines (TSNA), 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), five metals and metalloids (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb), nitrate, and nitrite were analyzed.
 === 2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37560082/ Death, Disability, and Premature Life Years Lost Due to Cigarettes, Bidis, and Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Comparative Assessment.] ===
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 # https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685874/
-[[Category:THR product]]
+[[:Category:THR product]]
-[[Category:Smoking cessation]]
+[[:Category:Smoking cessation]]
-[[Category:Smoking]]
+[[:Category:Smoking]]