Thread: Snus

Snus is fine ground tobacco that is prepared with salt and water, then pasteurized, and then they add aroma. Are the copenhagen and other variations fermented instead of pasteurized?
I have never seen a swede spit out the juices, it in such small quantitees it does'nt matter..Last time I was in the US I tried this SKOAL stuff(tasted like candy) and some loose copenhagen, I used it under my upper lip..Should I have spit the juices out?

"Dip tobacco, unlike the Swedish variant snus, often causes the user to produce excess saliva while dipping. This is typically spat onto the ground or in a bottle because swallowing can cause irritation to the esophagus, nausea, and vomiting — however, some users can swallow the tobacco-caused saliva with no ill effects."

"Studies have shown that dipping tobacco has a relatively low risk for cancer, but some studies give conflicting results. One, done in 2004, shows that tobacco-specific nitrosamine (TSNA) levels were much higher in American dipping tobacco than those of Swedish products."

"Cancer, however, is not frequently experienced as a consequence in Sweden, where smokeless tobacco use is well-established. It should be noted, however, that Swedish moist snuff (snus) utilizes a different manufacturing process that is speculated to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals delivered to the smokeless tobacco user, specifically by minimizing nitrosamine content."

Dipping tobacco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus


//Victor