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Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Aims at U.S. Market
Snus contains nitrosamines, the same cancer-causing chemicals in cigarettes, but at lower levels. In a recent study of 280,000 Swedish construction workers, published in June in the British medical journal Lancet, snus was found to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. There was no evidence of a higher risk for lung or oral cancers among snus users.
Snus also contains plenty of nicotine, which doctors say has dangerous metabolic effects.
This nicotine kick, its advocates say, is what makes snus more effective as a way to quit smoking than patches or gum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/bu...ewanted=2&_r=2
Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Aims at U.S. Market
Snus contains nitrosamines, the same cancer-causing chemicals in cigarettes, but at lower levels. In a recent study of 280,000 Swedish construction workers, published in June in the British medical journal Lancet, snus was found to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. There was no evidence of a higher risk for lung or oral cancers among snus users.
Snus also contains plenty of nicotine, which doctors say has dangerous metabolic effects.
This nicotine kick, its advocates say, is what makes snus more effective as a way to quit smoking than patches or gum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/bu...ewanted=2&_r=2
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