What Smokeless Tobacco Is: As the term suggests, smokeless tobacco describes a variety of tobacco products that are not smoked by the consumer. These products, which we’ll look at below, are less harmful than smoking, but are still extremely hazardous to human health. Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine and is highly addictive. Snuff: Snuff is finely ground tobacco that comes in two forms: * Wet or moist snuff. It is used by taking a “pinch” and putting it between the cheek or the lower lip and the gum, where it sits until the nicotine in the tobacco is absorbed through the inside of the mouth. Moist snuff can also be purchased in portioned teabag-like sachets that can be put directly in the mouth as well. * Dry snuff is sold as a powder that can be inhaled … Read entire article »

One of the world’s most addictive drugs is available in every Lehigh Valley neighborhood. It’s cheap. It can cost less than a gallon of gas. Eight percent of high schoolers use it, and one-fourth of young users start by sixth grade. This drug has been openly and aggressively marketed to young males, but now its manufacturers are coming up with ways to use it that will appeal to both genders and all ages. smokless-tobacco-products The drug, of course, is nicotine. The drug delivery system that appeals to so many preteens and teenagers is smokeless tobacco. Forty years ago, most chewing tobacco users were older, rural men. Now, thanks to marketing that links it to sports, such as rodeo and stock car racing, and attitude-loaded advertising in magazines , including Rolling Stone, most smokeless … Read entire article »