We examined the association between oral moist snuff use and inflammatory bowel disease in a case-control study based on the population in Stockholm County. The relative risk (RR) associated with ever use of moist snuff was 2.1 (95% CI: 1.0-4.6) for Crohn's disease, and 2.2 (95% CI: 1.1-4.4) for ulcerative colitis. Cigarette smoking indicated a synergistic relation with moist snuff: the RR estimate of Crohn's disease was 3.7 (95% CI: 1.1-13.1) and of ulcerative colitis 3.3 (95% CI: 1.0-10.9) for snuff dippers who were also current cigarette smokers, but only 0.9 and 1.1 respectively for snuff dippers who had never smoked.
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Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) are an emergent class of tobacco products that, unlike conventional oral smokeless tobacco products, contain a nicotine powder instead of tobacco leaves. This review synthesizes available data on ONPs in key research domains including survey studies, marketing/advertising studies, chemical characterization and in vitro studies, and clinical studies. Research findings relevant for ONP regulations are summarized, including who uses these products and why, how marketing tactics influence appeal and use intentions, what harmful and potentially harmful constituents they contain, and what acute effects they have on humans.
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November 2024
Center for Tobacco Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, United States; Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology Division, The Ohio State University, United States.
Background: Smokeless Tobacco (SLT) use prevalence among youth in the United States (US) is comparable to youth prevalence of cigarette smoking. However, it is in general understudied compared to cigarettes and draws less attention nowadays compared to e-cigarettes (ECs).
Aim: We estimate the own- and cross-tax elasticities of SLT use among US youth and explicitly test how SLT use changes in response to taxes on SLT, cigarettes, ECs, and beer.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
November 2024
Center for Tobacco Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 3650 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43214, USA.
Background: States adopt different tax bases for smokeless tobacco (SLT), making tax incidence on SLT not directly comparable across states. In addition, how taxes are passed through to SLT prices among states that impose specific taxes, and whether the pass-through rates for SLT are affected by the uptake and evolution of e-cigarettes, is unknown.
Objective: This study will calculate the tax incidence on SLT and investigate how SLT taxes are passed to prices at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile levels, as well as whether these pass-through rates vary by e-cigarette uptake and evolution.
Tob Control
November 2024
Division of Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Significance: Nicotine-containing products, labelled as being 'tobacco-free' nicotine (TFN), are marketed to consumers as alternatives to conventional tobacco products. Little is known about these emerging products and their contents.
Methods: Moisture, total nicotine and pH content were analysed in 70 commercially available TFN products, covering five different types (lozenges, chewing gum, loose leaf, toothpicks and pouches).
Acta Ophthalmol
February 2025
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Purpose: To examine the prevalence of self-reported cataract and cataract surgery, and the incidence of cataract surgery, in relation to smoking and use of the moist smokeless tobacco product snus.
Methods: In 2014/2015, individuals born in 1951 (n = 18 055) in the Västra Götaland County, Sweden, were invited to participate. Of these, 9743 (54%) accepted participation and 9316 (52%) remained after exclusion criteria were applied.
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