News tagged with smokeless tobacco


Research shows substituting with smokeless tobacco saves lives

Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it.

Health created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Discontinuation of smokeless tobacco after myocardial infarction linked to improved survival

In this prospective cohort study, presented today at the ESC Congress 2011, discontinuation of smokeless tobacco after a myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with a lower risk of subsequent mortality. Investigators found ...

Health created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Program urges smokers switch to smokeless tobacco

(AP) -- In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco.

Health created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Smokeless tobacco sold illegally online, UK researchers find

Researchers from the University of Bath Tobacco Control Research Group have found that the tobacco product snus can still be purchased on the internet in the EU despite sales being illegal.

Health created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2