Josh Pedigo likes to spit. The 27-year-old handyman from Wentworth, N.C., started using Skoal snuff when he was 10 years old, and now he spits even when he doesn’t have a wad of tobacco in his lower ...

The smoking rate in Sweden is the lowest in Europe (between 5 and 6%) and the percentage is expected to continue to drop. As snus is implemented, the country seeks to become the first to eradicate ...

Swedish "snus"- an oral, smoke free tobacco – has proven much less harmful to health than conventional smoking tobacco. Snus causes no increased risk for lung or mouth cancer for never-smokers and ...

Should doctors encourage patients to use a product that increases their chances of developing pancreatic cancer? Should public health agencies? This is a question that could confront the medical ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration left open the door on Wednesday for Swedish Match AB to claim its snus smokeless tobacco products represent a substantially lower risk to health than cigarettes.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - For Scandinavians snus is as Swedish as IKEA or ABBA, a popular and now elegantly-packaged smokeless tobacco that has transformed its image from a farmers' staple to a habit of ...

People who use Swedish moist snuff (snus) run twice the risk of developing cancer of the pancreas. This is the main result of a follow-up study amongst almost 300,000 male construction workers. People ...

People who use Swedish moist snuff (snus) run twice the risk of developing cancer of the pancreas. This is the main result of a follow-up study conducted by Karolinska Institutet researchers amongst ...

If you are getting started with snus, it’s likely that you have many questions running through your head – like what makes it different, how it compares to other products, where to get it, and so on.

Josh Pedigo likes to spit. The 27-year-old handyman from North Carolina started using Skoal snuff when he was 10 years old, and now he spits even when he doesn't have a wad of tobacco in his lower lip ...

Introduction: Snus may present lower health risks than cigarettes, but its harm reduction potential may be undermined if used dually with cigarettes. The likelihood of exclusive snus use compared with ...