Nasal Snuff - The Healthy Option?
As many of you may be aware the long term health effects of nasal snuff tobacco are not widely known, largely because there has been no long term study of this form of tobacco use, since the Lancet published a report in 1981. However, recently Smokeless New Zealand have published a detailed report on the benefits of using snuff tobacco, particularly as a means to give up smoking.
Smokeless New Zealand is a non profit making body consisting of Doctors and medical professionals, with the aim of providing a better deal for those addicted to nicotine who are unable or unwilling to quit smoking and by protecting the next generation by phasing out sales of smoked tobacco products as soon as possible.
A comparative study was done between smokers and snuff users in New Zealand, Lesotho (where women have traditionally used nasal snuff), South Africa (where 13% of women use smokeless tobacco) and Sweden.
They claim that, "Switching from smoking to snuffing can reduce the health risks by 90-95%, and financial costs of using tobacco by 60-90%."
The report concludes that:
"nasal snuff-taking is a useful option for cigarette smokers who have tried and failed with nicotine patches or gum. The more effective nicotine choices smokers have, the more they are likely to succeed at quitting smoking."
Smokeless New Zealand went on to say that health professionals have a duty to inform smokers that:
This is a very encouraging report for the snuff industry and backs up what the population of snuffers have been saying for many years. If this data is to be believed then it is indeed good news for smokers and snufftakers alike, although a longer term study is still needed.
Surely, if snuff does help people to give up cigarettes or to cut down at least, then it can only be a good thing?
For more information visit the Smokeless New Zealand site and read the report.
See Also: Snuff Health
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i am from Kenya,eastern africa.
i agree totally that there isn't enough information on snuff despite its use for hundreds of years. i was a very heavy smoker. i first tried snuff after my smoking period(4years) when a friend of mine asked if wanted some. it surprisingly had almost the same stress relief effects as a cigarette.happy that i had found a smokeless way for the effect i quickly dashed to the net for more info. was disappointed to find that not enough studies have been carried out on the matter of snuff and your health. i really wanted to know more because i would not like to regularly take snuff then find out from some new research that it was more dangerous than i knew it is.
this website though is the best i have seen out of all the others who tell you to avoid all tobacco products before presenting some facts.thank you for that.
vitaminx, a snuffer in the making :)
Welcome to the world of snufftaking
I am glad that you found the site a useful source of information about snuff. Obviously snuff is a tobacco product and contains nicotine so it isn't even going to be great for you, however, if you believe in the principal of harm reduction then using snuff instead of more harmful alternatives such as smoking cigarettes, is a viable alternative and could save many lives.
I would definately welcome some more detailed studies as well , to find out the health effects of snuff. So far I have found no negative reports of nasal snuff (maybe because its use is still relatively minor), however, there are stronger links tocancer with chewing tobacco and snus.
Any other articles that you can find then let me know and I will add to the site,
Happy Snuffin'
The Snuffman
Here, I found a link to an
Here, I found a link to an abstract that states that smokeless tobacco does adversely affect one's health. If you can access it, you should give it a read, and add it to your list of links. :)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/255/8/1038
Interesting article but I
Interesting article but I think this is mainly referring to American snuff which is the oral form of snuff taking unlike the English nasal snuff, where I have yet to find any reports with particularly bad findings.