Showing posts with label smokeless tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smokeless tobacco. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2015

Is Nicotine an Alternative Vice and Should We Prohibit it's Use?


A colleague of mine shared that she had met a man who had quit spit tobacco by switching to nicotine gum. He uses 3 or 4 pieces at a time. He was happy that he quit spit and had no desire to stop using the gum. She wondered what she could say to him about his addiction to nicotine gum. Other colleagues gave her suggestions as to how to get the NRT user to change his behavior but no one really

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Myths about Snus and smokeless tobacco

The new tactic of the tobacco companies is to promote smokeless tobacco and snus as a way to quit smoking but those forms of tobacco are dangerous too. Here are some myths taken from: http://oralcancernews.org/wp/Debunking the mythsMyth: Smokeless tobacco products are a safe alternative to tobacco smoking.Fact: Here is the bottom line–smokeless is not harmless. The list of serious illnesses