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=== Risk to health === | === Risk to health === | ||
Smoking is uniquely deadly as a delivery mechanism for nicotine, some risk undoubtedly remains with smokeless products, and there may be considerable variation between products, sometimes with the same name, or that appear almost identical. | Smoking is uniquely deadly as a delivery mechanism for nicotine, some risk undoubtedly remains with smokeless products, and there may be considerable variation between products, sometimes with the same name, or that appear almost identical. | ||
[https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2016/07/is-snus-safer-than-dip-or-chewhealth.html Is Snus Safer Than Dip or Chew? Health Effects of All Are Close to Zero] | Please see the following blog post for details regarding some of these. | ||
[https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2016/07/is-snus-safer-than-dip-or-chewhealth.html Is Snus Safer Than Dip or Chew? Health Effects of All Are Close to Zero] Note: that this relates only to american products mentioned in the blog post. | |||
* There are essentially no differences in risk for any of these diseases in the Swedish and American studies. | * There are essentially no differences in risk for any of these diseases in the Swedish and American studies. | ||
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Please note that other products listed in the table below may be significantly more risky, information on the relative risks and those compared to smoking are not easily available. | Please note that other products listed in the table below may be significantly more risky, information on the relative risks and those compared to smoking are not easily available. | ||
==== Possible advantages ==== | |||
Many of these products are likely to have lower risks than smoking, however it is not known how much less for many. | |||
Products such as Snus, and to an extent American smokeless have more information available, some are known to be very much less risky than smoking. | |||
==== Possible disadvantages ==== | |||
Little information is available for some products, and many of these products may contain toxic or carcinogenic compounds. | |||
They can vary widely and will depend on factors such as curing and treatment of tobacco, some additives might also be problematic. | |||
Even the tobacco free versions of these products may have risks, possibly greater risk, it is suggested to research elsewhere for such issues. | |||
=== Types of smokeless tobacco === | === Types of smokeless tobacco === | ||
=== Snus === | |||
[[Snus]], a product that originated in Sweden, is moist snuff that comes packaged in small pouches and is often flavored. This product does not produce excess saliva like other forms of smokeless tobacco, making it spit-less. Please follow the link to the page detailing the product for full information. | [[Snus]], a product that originated in Sweden, is moist snuff that comes packaged in small pouches and is often flavored. This product does not produce excess saliva like other forms of smokeless tobacco, making it spit-less. Please follow the link to the page detailing the product for full information. | ||