or as the Tobacco industry likes to call it
"Smokeless Tobacco"?
The two main types of "Spit Tobacco" in the United States, are chewing tobacco and snuff. Chewing tobacco comes in the form of Loose Leaf, plug, twist. Snuff is finely ground tobacco that can be dry, moist, or in sachets (bag like pouches). Although, sniffing or inhaling into the nose can use some forms of snuff, most smokeless tobacco users place the product in the cheek or in between their gum and cheek. Users then suck on the tobacco and spit out the tobacco juices, which is why "smokeless tobacco" is often referred to as spit or spitting tobacco.
- Loose-leaf Chewing Tobacco: stripped and processed cigar-type tobacco leaves that are loosely packed to form small strips. It is often sold in a foil-lined pouch and usually treated with sugar or licorice.
- Plug Chewing Tobacco: consists of small, oblong blocks of semi-soft chewing tobacco that often contain sweeteners and other flavoring agents.
- Nasal Snuff: is a fine cut powder that is sniffed into the nostrils. Flavorings may be added during the fermentation, and perfumes may be added after grinding.
- Oral (moist) Snuff: is a finely cut, processed tobacco, which the user places between the cheek and gum that releases nicotine, which in turn is absorbed by the membranes of the mouth.
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Loose Leaf Chewing Tobacco
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Finely Ground Snuff
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What's In Spit Tobacco?
Spit Tobacco has been found to Contain 28 Carcinogens (cancer causing agents)
As well as many other potentially harmful ingredients including: 30 different metals, Polonium 210(radio active particles that turn into cancer causing radon), N-Nitrosamines (A carcinogen, while only 5 ppb (parts per billion) are allowed in consumer products like beer and bacon. Spit tobacco contains from 20 to 43,000 times more nitrosamines, Formaldehyde (embalming fluid), Cadmium (used in car batteries), Cyanide, Arsenic, Benzene, Lead, Nicotine.
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