Smokeless tobacco company can advertise snus as less risky than cigarettes, FDA says

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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, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.'

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, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis."

The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday it was allowing the marketing through the modified risk tobacco product pathway. It's the first time the agency has allowed product marketing of this type.'Emerging' tobacco products gaining traction among young, CDC survey findsWhat that means is that there are now eight Swedish Match USA Inc.

"Although there are obvious distinctions between e-cigarettes like JUUL and smokeless tobacco products like General snus, the fact that another kind of highly-addictive 'reduced risk' product is proving so appealing to young people, in part because it can be used discreetly, should cause FDA to closely scrutinize the potential impact of modified risk claims for General snus on youth initiation," the letter to the FDA said.

 

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pretty.

no

Just give you sinus problems

Smoking tobacco hurts lungs. Chewing tobacco hurts mouth. This will probably hurt something also.

CNN IS FAKE NEWS

i inject nicotine with a needle

But there is still a risk you mofos. I get freedom of choice but for a country tryna focus on health issues y'all seem to give alot of space for companies to advertise their 'LESS RISK CAMAPIGNS' More money for CDC i guess !

This should help population control 😘🤮🤮🤮🤮

Load of BS

This is so disgusting ...

For the LAST TIME can they come up with a better name than snus?

That's not what I have in mind when I think of death by snu snu.

It's disgusting but it's true.

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