(CNN)-- For the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product "instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether the use of smokeless tobacco can facilitate the transition to cigarette smoking and/or to prolonged tobacco use in adolescence is unclear. We analyzed data from a cohort of 2,938 Swedish ...

The FINANCIAL — The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from their disease, and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a “public comment of modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) for six Camel Snus smokeless tobacco products submitted by R.J.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday partially rejected an application by Swedish Match North America Inc. to market its tobacco pouches as being less harmful than cigarettes. Eight products ...

Snus looks like small tea bags that contain moist snuff. Users place the pouches between their cheek or teeth and gums, and the nicotine releases over time. It’s less messy that some other forms of ...

For the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product “instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, ...