Snuff is a finely ground tobacco that can be sniffed or rubbed inside the mouth. Dry snuff reduces allergies but contains carcinogens, while moist snuff has reduced carcinogens but still poses risks. Snus, a popular moist snuff variant in Sweden, is steam-cured and less harmful than smoking or chewing tobacco. Nicotine is addictive and potentially harmful, and some people switch to snus to break addictions. Snus is less prevalent in the US than chewing tobacco, but some American manufacturers plan to introduce it as an alternative to cigarettes.
Snuff is finely ground tobacco which, when in dry form, is sniffed up to the nose. It is more popular in European countries than in the USA. Snuff is also available in moist form. Moist snuff, sometimes called snus, is rubbed inside the mouth instead. This is different from chewing tobacco, which is actually chewed over a much longer period of time.
While dry snuff has been shown to reduce allergies, it still contains carcinogens and people who use it can increase their chances of developing oral forms of cancer. Moist snuff has a reduced risk of carcinogens compared to smoking tobacco, but there are still risks.
Moist snuff, called snus by the Swedes, is quite popular and used by around 30% of the male population in that country. Snus is prepared a little differently from dry snus and other wet snus variants. It is steam cured instead of fire cured, which reduces some of its carcinogens. However, it does not reduce all carcinogens and therefore cannot be considered completely safe. Using snus is safer than smoking or chewing tobacco and offers the same benefits as the drug nicotine.
Whether you smoke, use snuff or snuff, or chew tobacco, you still use nicotine, an addictive and potentially harmful substance. Nicotine has been shown to have dramatic effects on digestion and may be linked to pancreatic disease. Some people switch from smoking to using snus or snus to break nicotine addictions. In these cases it can be very useful.
Snus has quickly become a popular form of tobacco in Europe, but has always been less prevalent in the United States, where chewing tobacco is more popular in terms of smokeless tobacco varieties. In the early days of tobacco importation into England, people who did not use snuff were surprised by the effect of nose powder on those who sniffed tobacco. Americans were also unwilling to seek out spittoons and found them largely unavailable in Europe.
Because of snus’ potentially slightly less harmful effects, several American tobacco manufacturers plan to try it in the United States. Camel® has made snus available to people in Oregon and Texas since the summer of 2006. Whether snus or snus could replace cigarette smoking remains to be seen. It also remains debatable whether substituting one form of nicotine for another actually benefits.
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