smokeless tobacco

Smokeless tobacco is tobacco or a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. These uses include chewing, sniffing, placing the product between the teeth and gum, or application to the skin. Types of smokeless tobacco include: Dipping tobacco, a type of tobacco that is placed between the lower or upper lip and gums Chewing tobacco, a type of tobacco that is chewed Iqmik, an Alaskan tobacco product which also contains punk ash Snuff, a type of tobacco that is inhaled or “snuffed” into the nasal cavity Snus, similar to dipping tobacco, however, without the need for spitting Creamy snuff, a fluid tobacco mixture marketed as a dental hygiene aid, albeit used for recreation Naswar, an Afghan tobacco product similar to dipping tobacco Tobacco gum, a kind of chewing gum containing tobacco Gutka, a mixture of tobacco, areca nut, and various flavoring sold in South Asia Dissolvable tobacco, a variation on chewing tobacco that completely dissolves in the mouth Toombak and shammah, preparations found in North Africa, East Africa, and the Arabian peninsula The following products are used to treat bee stings and as an insecticide, respectively. Topical tobacco paste, a paste applied to the skin and absorbed through the dermis Tobacco water, a mixture of water and tobacco traditionally used as an organic insecticide Smokeless tobacco products vary extensively worldwide in both form and health hazards, with some evidently toxic forms such as from South Asia, and some forms with less hazards such as from Sweden.