Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances, study finds

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 22:21 in Health & Medicine

A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff -- placed between lip and gum -- has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's content of carcinogens. Their study reports that this category of tobacco products contains surprisingly high levels of certain toxic and cancer-causing substances.

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