FARGO -- Chris Carlson’s nicotine habit started with chewing tobacco and his college fraternity brothers. He really got hooked in the mid ’80s as an exchange student in Sweden, where he says everyone ...

A study analyzing the chemical composition of smokeless tobacco—snuff and chewing tobacco—finds that, in excess of the risks posed by tobacco and nicotine exposure, users are subjecting their bodies ...

The FDA authorized the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of tobacco giant Altria, to market Copenhagen Classic Snuff as less likely to cause lung cancer than cigarettes. The loose moist ...

CHENNAI, India (Reuters Health) - A study from India shows that use of smokeless tobacco in the form of chewing tobacco or snuff is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer in the ...

What do Randy Johnson, Terry Francona and thousands of former as well as current Major League baseball players have in common? They were, or are, addicted to smokeless tobacco. The greatest player of ...

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, investigated the incidence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) among users of smokeless tobacco products. The findings ...

Smokeless tobacco users who said they didn't want to quit changed their minds or significantly cut back their use when given nicotine lozenges or tobacco-free snuff in a Mayo Clinic study, published ...

If you think that smokeless tobacco is a safe alternative to cigarettes, chew on this: It's just as dangerous as smoking, and it may be even more addictive. Some studies suggest that smokeless tobacco ...