Tobacco without Health Risks
Published on February 13, 2009 4:37 AM
Many people believe that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to cigarettes, according to a new study. Previous findings also showed that many smokers have quit smoking by switching to smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco is considered to be also harmful for smokers’ health but not as cigarettes are, it is less harmful.For example in Sweden, many smokers have quit smoking by switching to Snus. Snus has been popular among Swedes male smokers, and has helped them quit cigarettes. In fact, Swedish men have a higher smoking cessation rate than Swedish women, few of whom use Snus.Snus is a form of moist, powdered tobacco that comes in a small sachet and is placed under the lip.
Researchers found also that anything that helps people quit cigarettes could have huge benefits due to the great harm caused by smoking.
Even though smokeless tobacco help smokers to quit, public health officials said that smokeless tobacco should not be promoted so fast because it is also harmful.The researchers looked for a similar effect among the U.S. smokers. While, U.S. men are much more likely than women to use smokeless tobacco but it does not boost their rate of quitting smoking.
Researchers found that men in the U.S. seem to be quitting smoking at higher rates than men in Sweden. And U.S. women are quitting at the same rate, unlike their counterparts in Sweden.
The current study examined data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2002, with one-year follow-up in 2003.
The results showed both male and female smokers in the U.S. appear to have higher quit rates for smoking than their Swedish counterparts, despite greater use of smokeless tobacco in Sweden.It is important to remember that there are no safe tobaccos. All smoking products have been found to have serious health risks associated with use.
