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The tobacco-specific nitrosamines are present in cigarette smoke and to a lesser degree in "smokeless" tobacco products such as dipping tobacco and chewing tobacco; additional information has shown that trace amounts of NNN and NNK have been detected in e-cigarettes. [3] They are present in trace amounts in snus. They are important carcinogens ...
Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. [1] Their use involves chewing, sniffing, or placing the product between gum and the cheek or lip. [1] Smokeless tobacco products are produced in various forms, such as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and dissolvable tobacco products. [2]
A common way ordinary consumers are exposed to nitrosamines is through tobacco use and cigarette smoke. [14] Tobacco-specific nitrosamines also can be found in American dip snuff , chewing tobacco , and to a much lesser degree, snus (127.9 ppm for American dip snuff compared to 2.8 ppm in Swedish snuff or snus).
NNN is found in a variety of tobacco products including smokeless tobacco like chewing tobacco and snuff, [3] cigarettes, and cigars. It is present in smoke from cigars and cigarettes, in the saliva of people who chew betel quid with tobacco, and in the saliva of oral-snuff and e-cigarette [ 4 ] users.
Nicotine gum is a chewing gum containing a small dose of nicotine polacrilex. [1] It is classified as a short-acting (also called fast-acting) form of NRT because it relieves the cravings and symptoms that occur with smoking cessation more quickly than a long-acting NRT (i.e., the nicotine patch).
Flue-cured tobacco (a.k.a. "Virginia" tobacco [6]), especially when using an open flame, contains most of the NNK in American blended tobaccos [7] although Marlboro's "virginia blend" had the lowest levels of NNK per nicotine out of many tested with the exception of Natural American Spirit.
Smokeless tobacco products cause death and disability yet they are barely controlled in many countries. Smokeless tobacco products flying under the radar of regulation in many countries Skip to ...
Common smokeless tobacco products include dipping tobacco (also called moist snuff or dip), snus, and the various forms of chewing tobacco. Heated tobacco products — Tobacco-containing products used by heating tobacco in order to produce an aerosol or particulate suspension that can be inhaled. Also known as heat-not-burn tobacco products or ...