Health problems with snuff?

[AtreyuKun]

Everything is bad for you it seems these days.
What's the major con healthwise with snuff? I'd like to try some one day, and I was curious about any potential health issues.

[sagedil]

It is considered to be the safest tobacco you can use. Go spend some time on snuffhouse.org, a bunch of talk there about this subject.

[Veganpunk]

The only case I saw was some dumbass who got cancer in his ear because he used nasal snuff in it for like 40 years. Kinda like the snus story of the 90 year old who got caner where he snus'ed in the same spot allmost his entire life. Don't know if there is any truth in it though.

[MojoQuestor]

The only case I saw was some dumbass who got cancer in his ear because he used nasal snuff in it for like 40 years. Kinda like the snus story of the 90 year old who got caner where he snus'ed in the same spot allmost his entire life. Don't know if there is any truth in it though.

I saw this too, and I think it was some kind of South African snuff that isn't like your grandfather's snuff, it's got something really bad in it. I can't remember the details, though.

Ah, but who remembers anything anymore? It was aloe added to the snuff. If you care, go here and search for "zulu snuff":

http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/626/

[Guest]

Professor Martin Jarvis, of Cancer Research UK, says that the health implications surrounding snuff use are significantly lower than smoking. He explains:
"Studies show that the health hazards surrounding snuff are much less than cigarettes, and the risk is approximately one per cent compared with the
risks associated with smoking, The reason for this is that by smoking you are setting fire to the products which causes their combustion. Snuff doesn’t have the combustion products which are carcinogenic and all the user is getting is the nicotine."

[tom502]

Are you guys posting while not being logged in?

[MojoQuestor]

Are you guys posting while not being logged in?

LOL new feature, or return of an old feature?

It would be cool if, like, the screen were red or something while one attempts to post logged out. Something that says "Imma let you do this, but..."


Edit: Oh, sure. Won't let ME do it... :?

[RRK]

It is considered to be the safest tobacco you can use. Go spend some time on snuffhouse.org, a bunch of talk there about this subject.

I'm not a snuff user but from what I have read I don't understand how it could be safer then snus. Snus is produced in a standard way that produces very low tsna levels but snuff varies widely.

[Toque Snuff]

RRK,
You're right Snus is way safer than smoking and equally low in TSNA's to nasal snuff, varies from 2.98 (Toque) to 8.52.

In nearly 400 years there hasn't been one case of nasal cancer from English snuff and as far as I’m aware this is the same for Swedish oral Snus in the last 50 years

Where the supposed risk lies is in the method of use, nasal Versus oral.

As Snus is swallowed the TSNA's may, though this is doubtful, exacerbate pancreatic illness, because nicotine stimulates the gastrointestinal tract's production of cholecystokinin, which stimulates pancreatic growth and may be implicated in pancreatic cancer. There is no evidence specifically implicating snus in pancreatic cancer and it is only a supposition.

Toque would not be planning on making Snus if we thought there was any risk.

[Toque Snuff]

Should have said that's 2.98 Parts per million

[sagedil]

Actually Roderick, I have seen some very strong evidence that snus DOES increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. From 4 in 100,000 to 8 in 100,000. That is a risk I am quite comfortable in making. My risk of dieing in a car crash is MUCH larger, made especially so as I only ride a motorcycle.

But your broader points are valid.

Smoking kills. Use of tobacco that has not been heated doesn't. End of story. Arguing risks beyond that is plain silly to me

[RRK]

So snuff does not make its way to the stomach?

[tom502]

A very very little might.

[RRK]

Huh. Cool.

[sagedil]

If you do it perfectly right, then never.

Will you do it perfectly right every time?? Never. :wink: