Smokeless tobacco

What is smokeless tobacco?
There are two main types of smokeless tobacco: chewing tobacco and snus.
Chewing tobacco usually comes as leaves or plugs which you put on the inside of your cheek and chew. Chewing the tobacco releases the flavours and nicotine, and causes your mouth to make a lot of saliva. Users generally end up spitting this out. Snus is tobacco that comes as a moist powder, or is packed in small bags, and you put it under the inside of your bottom lip.
Both types of smokeless tobacco are very addictive and can cause serious health problems.
The ingredients in smokeless tobacco are a mixture of tobacco-nicotine, sugar, salt, slaked lime, spices and flavourings. They may release hundreds of chemicals and poisons when you use them.
Among these chemicals are many dangerous cancer-causing agents (called ‘carcinogens').
Can smokeless tobacco be part of other chewing products?
Yes. Smokeless tobacco goes by many different names, such as:


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