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"New Study Reveals Quitting Smoking is Good but Switching to Low-risk Nicotine Products is Usually Better"
From PRWeb.com
Discusses quitting smoking with other products.
2 November 09
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3138264.htm
"Camel Snus Smokeless Tobacco - What is it?"
From Healthline.com
Discusses Camel Snus/Swedish Snus as harm reduced tobacco.
1 January 2009
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smok...on-of-new.html
"Swedish Snus cut risk of cancer"
From USAToday
Discussing snus and the need for it on the market to compete with cigarettes, as well as a study on snus users.
9 May 2007
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...00069294_x.htm
"Snus - the safer option for smokers. And more."
From Slate
Info on a health study on snus, and the reasons snus should be promoted for use.
10 July 2007
http://www.slate.com/id/2170141/
"Tobacco Road Takes a Turn to the Smokeless"
From Wall Street Journal/Health
An article on snus, and the lower levels of carcinogens in snus as well as lack of risks of oral cancer.
27 January 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123301644462817757.html
"Trading smokes for snus may be a safter bet"
From The Roanoke Times
Researchers show snus is a safter choice than cigarettes.
11 March 2008
http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/154106
"Pluses and Minuses to Snus, Sweden's Cigarette Alternative."
From MedPage Today
About the low risks of cancer and the public health benefit of switching from cigarettes to snus.
10 May 2007
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/Smoking/5616
"Snus Ruse"
From Reason Magazine
A little about the EU's ban and the "Quit or Die" option they present. One of my favorite quotes, "...the E.U.'s policy is rather like banning bows and arrows as an intolerable threat to public safety while allowing a free trade in machine guns."
25 December 2004
http://reason.com/archives/2004/12/24/snus-ruse
"Snus and Pancreatic Cancer?"
From Swedish Match
Information about the links (or lack thereof) of snus and cancer.
http://www.swedishmatch.com/en/Snus-...bacco-habbits/
"Health risks of smoking compared to Swedish snus."
From NCBI
Self explanatory. A great, to the point article.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16195209
"Swedish Snus and the Health" (odd title, great article)
From Article Base
A great article on the effects of snus on health.
13 October 2007
http://www.articlesbase.com/business...th-235231.html
"The Health Advantage of Switching from Cigarettes to Snus"
From Associated Content
Self explanatory, a very good article.
21 August 2009
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ing.html?cat=5
"Can Tobacco Cure Smoking? - A Reivew of Tobacco Harm Reduction"
From The House Committee on Energy and Commerce
A statement with alot of great information on snus.
3 June 2003
http://archives.energycommerce.house.../Myers1482.htm
"Does Smokeless Tobacco Help Smokers Quit Cigarettes?"
From Science Daily
Doctors speak on snus, and speak quite highly of it.
28 January 2009
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0127211658.htm
"Snus Use Lowers Risk of Multiple Sclerosis; Smoking Raises Risk"
From Tobacco Truth Blog, Dr. Brad Rodu
Brad Rodu is a brilliant man, and this entry in his blog is full of great information.
1 September 2009
http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/
"Heart Attack and Stroke Risks from Smokeless Tobacco Use: Next to Nil."
From Tobacco Truth Blog, Dr. Brad Rodu
Another article by Dr. Rodu, with some good figures from a scientific perspective.
19 August 2009
http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/
"Research Summary: Snus"
From ABC News
A study on the use of snus.
12 January 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...lth&id=3805949
"Tobacco That Doesn't Cause Cancer?"
From ABC News
A little info on harm reduced tobacco from ABC News.
12 January 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...lth&id=3805950
"Quit Smoking - Swedish Style"
From Health Central
Quitting smoking with snus/lifting the EU ban, and positive effects.
29 December 03.
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From this thread...
http://www.snuson.com/viewtopic.php?...ht=cancer#9399
I couldn't read the whole article, since I didn't want to register on yet another site. Here's an abstract on 1 case of carcinoma occurring from snus use. I'll be 109 before I get cancer :^P Seriously though, it shows that while snus isn't harmless, there's worse things you could do to yourself.
Oral cancer after using Swedish snus (smokeless tobacco) for 70 years - a case report.
CASE REPORTS
Oral Diseases. 10(1):50-53, January 2004.
Zatterstrom, UK 1; Svensson, M 1; Sand, L 2; Nordgren, H 3; Hirsch, JM 2
Abstract:
Whereas the smoking habit has declined significantly in Sweden in recent decades, there has been a marked increase in the consumption of 'snus' (oral moist snuff). The use of this smokeless tobacco, exposing the user locally to carcinogenic nitrosamines, raises the question - will the increasing use of snuff eventually lead to a greater incidence of oral cancer? We report the case of a 90-year-old man who developed a localized squamous cell carcinoma in the gingival fold under the upper lip, at the exact place where he had regularly placed loose oral snuff for 70 years. Although this is a reminder of a prevailing cancer risk, the time frame indicates that the risk is slight. This is consistent with recent epidemiological reports regarding the minor risk of snuff-associated cancer in the Scandinavian countries.
(C) 2004 Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd.
Link to article.
Edit:
Tried to fix link...Unsuccessful :^( Copy/paste should get you there if you want to try to get whole report.
Edit 2 (by Zero): Fixed your link WinkComment
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Cancer and mortality among users and nonusers of snus...
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...6565/HTMLSTART
A long-term follow-up study on the natural course of snus-induced lesions among Swedish snus users
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...5678/HTMLSTARTComment
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The Lancet-Assessment of Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction: an epidemiological
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http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...677-1/abstract
Assessment of Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction: an epidemiological modelling study
Original Text
Coral E Gartner PhD a, Prof Wayne D Hall PhD a Corresponding AuthorEmail Address, Theo Vos PhD a, Melanie Y Bertram BBioMedSc (Hons) a, Angela L Wallace MPH a, Stephen S Lim PhD a
Summary
Background
Swedish snus is a smokeless tobacco product that has been suggested as a tobacco harm reduction product. Our aim was to assess the potential population health effects of snus.
Methods
We assessed the potential population health effects of snus in Australia with multistate life tables to estimate the difference in health-adjusted life expectancy between people who have never been smokers and various trajectories of tobacco use, including switching from smoking to snus use; and the potential for net population-level harm given different rates of snus uptake by current smokers, ex-smokers, and people who have never smoked.
Findings
There was little difference in health-adjusted life expectancy between smokers who quit all tobacco and smokers who switch to snus (difference of 0·1—0·3 years for men and 0·1—0·4 years for women). For net harm to occur, 14—25 ex-smokers would have to start using snus to offset the health gain from every smoker who switched to snus rather than continuing to smoke. Likewise, 14—25 people who have never smoked would need to start using snus to offset the health gain from every new tobacco user who used snus rather than smoking.
Interpretation
Current smokers who switch to using snus rather than continuing to smoke can realise substantial health gains. Snus could produce a net benefit to health at the population level if it is adopted in sufficient numbers by inveterate smokers. Relaxing current restrictions on the sale of snus is more likely to produce a net benefit than harm, with the size of the benefit dependent on how many inveterate smokers switch to snus.
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Impact of Smokeless Tobacco Products on Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Treatment. A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
Link (to download PDF):
http://circ.ahajournals.org/Comment
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Asthma Drug Albuterol May Help Treat MS
The inhaled form of albuterol is widely prescribed to patients with asthma,
COPD, and other pulmonary diseases to open constricted airways.Comment
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2010 book on tobacco harm reduction from the Tobacco Harm Reduction Organization
http://www.tobaccoharmreduction.org/thr2010yearbook.htm
2007 study by the Collage of Royal Physicians
http://www.tobaccoprogram.org/pdf/4f...239b09c5db.pdfComment
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Tobacco harm reduction. Good site with some good information.Comment
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Two links from the EndSmoking charity in New Zealand:
http://www.endsmoking.org.nz/snus.htm
http://www.endsmoking.org.nz/snuffinSweden.htmComment
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Did you manage to see the whole article? I would be interested to see how Sweden compares to other countries.Originally posted by lxskllr View PostComment
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Thank you for all the links! This is a perfect page to send to folks who are scared of snus and for the haters.Comment
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A report by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians, October 2007
Harm reduction in nicotine addiction - Helping people who can't quit
http://www.smokersonly.org/others/RC...t%20100507.pdfComment
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