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==== Chewing tobacco (“chew”) ====
==== 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.
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 ====
==== Snuff ====
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# https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685874/
# https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685874/


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