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The Swedish experience: Tobacco companies want snus to be an alternative to smoking, as young people drive sales

In the US, sales of certain nicotine pouches are soaring. The small white pouches — Swedish cousins of chewing tobacco and ...
CBS News

FDA: Smokeless Tobacco Company Can Advertise Snus As Less Risky Than Cigarettes

(CNN)-- For the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product "instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Tobacco pouches called 'Snus' win FDA endorsement as less risky alternative to smoking

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for ...
Reason

The Belated Approval of a Harm-Reduction Claim for Smokeless Tobacco Highlights the Potentially Deadly Impact of FDA Censorship

This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally granted a snus manufacturer permission to tell the truth about this Swedish version of oral snuff, which is far less hazardous than cigarettes ...
Seeking Alpha

FDA Reauthorizes Swedish Match’s General snus as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product

Philip Morris International (PM) affiliate, Swedish Match, earned first-ever FDA authorization for a modified risk marketing claim and now is the first to achieve an FDA renewal PMI affiliates have ...
Benzinga.com

Snus: Sweden's Revolutionary Tobacco Product That Could Eradicate Smoking

The smoking rate in Sweden is the lowest in Europe (between 5 and 6%) and the percentage is expected to continue to drop. As snus is implemented, the country seeks to become the first to eradicate ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Reynolds unveils snus-like product with no tobacco leaves used

R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. is expanding its line of spit-free nicotine products by introducing Velo this week in 70,000 retail outlets nationwide. The company already sells Camel Snus, the top-selling ...
The Motley Fool

This Under-the-Radar Smoking Alternative Could Be Bigger Than E-Cigs

With traditional cigarettes and e-cigs are under attack, snus and tobacco-free nicotine pouches could thrive. The Food and Drug Administration's animus toward both traditional and electronic ...
Business Wire

Snus Market 2020-2024- Featuring Altria Group Inc., Arnold Andre GmbH & Co. KG, British American Tobacco Plc, Among Others to Contribute to the Market Growth

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The snus market is poised to grow by $ 780 million during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of about 11% during the forecast period. Worried about the impact of COVID-19 on ...
CNN

Smokeless tobacco company can advertise snus as less risky than cigarettes, FDA says

Snus looks like small tea bags that contain moist snuff. Users place the pouches between their cheek or teeth and gums, and the nicotine releases over time. It’s less messy that some other forms of ...
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FDA reauthorizes Swedish Match’s General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Product

The FDA “authorized a renewal of a risk modification order submitted by Swedish Match USA, Inc., an affiliate of Philip Morris (PM) International, for eight General snus products. As part of the ...