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Does smokeless tobacco have nicotine?

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In general, chewing tobacco and dry snuff had low levels of free nicotine, while levels in moist snuff products were considerably higher. What does this mean for the smoker who switches to smoke-free products? There are no simple answers. read more

Sure. All forms of tobacco have nicotine. But so do tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant. Nicotine is a quite normal dietary substance and was not “created” in Nature by tobacco. Tobacco only increased nicotine’s concentration in it’s leaves to levels high enough to act as a natural pesticide. As with everything in life, the dose makes the poison. read more

When using smokeless tobacco, nicotine is absorbed across the lining of the mouth. Many factors affect this, including the physical characteristics of the product (chewing tobacco, fine cut moist snuff, powdered snuff, pouch, etc.), and how it is held in or moved around the mouth. read more

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