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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 17 Smokeless Tobacco |
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| | Smokeless Tobacco: International Issues |
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| | In a study from Bombay, India, chewing tobacco use was responsible for 47% of all |
| | oral cancers, and the risk is increased six-fold compared to nonusers. In addition, the |
| | rate of stillbirths was tripled in tobacco users, and birth weights were decreased by an |
| | average of 4 to 8 ounces. |
| | JAMA, February 28, 1986, p. 1041 |
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| | Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, |
| | Thailand, as well as Great Britain and the 12 other European community nations have |
| | banned the manufacture, sale, and/or import of all smokeless tobacco products. |
| | Common Cause magazine, Summer 1993 |
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| | The sale of smokeless tobacco has been banned in all European Union member |
| | countries since July 1992. |
| | Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 4, 1996, p. 1189 |
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| | A US Tobacco Company executive wrote Poland's minister of health asking |
| | permission to market oral snuff products there. "UST...is a community leader when it |
| | comes to accepting its social responsibilities". |
| | Common Cause magazine, Summer 1993 |
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