Smokeless tobacco
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Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. Their use involves chewing, sniffing, or placing the product between gum and the cheek or lip. Smokeless tobacco produc
A historical depiction of a man taking snuff using his thumb and forefinger
Dipping tobacco is placed between the lip and the gum (sublabial administration).
A can of Copenhagen with a warning label
Snus
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Snus is a Swedish tobacco product. It is consumed by placing a pouch of powdered tobacco leaves under the lip for nicotine to be absorbed through the oral mucosa. Snus, not to be confused with nicotin
Smokeless tobacco
…or placing the product between gum and the cheek or lip. Smokeless tobacco products are produced in various forms, such as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and dissolvable tobacco products. Related non-combustible oral nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches, contain nicotine but may not contain tobacco…
White (right) and original snus (left). The white version is dryer, with no added water, to last longer. The original version's added water creates a swifter effect.
Tobacco-based snus of the Swedish brand General, marketed by Swedish Match
Lös Snus is a loose tobacco without the portion pouches.
Warning label on a container of Swedish snus. The text reads: "This tobacco product may damage your health and is addictive". Note the "best before" date and list of ingredients, which is required by Swedish law.