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While Leone said smokeless tobacco products are less harmful than cigarettes, that advantage may be done-in by the frequency of use. That’s because some smokers who have cut back because of smoking bans, may be consuming smokeless tobacco all day long, between cigarettes.
Traditional chewing tobacco has been shown to cause mouth, tongue, lip, jaw and even bladder cancers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said Leone. And like cigarettes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], smokeless tobacco use can lead to a host of cardiovascular diseases although to a lesser extent, he said. While several studies show a decreased risk of cancer for those who use Snus over traditional fermented tobacco, little is known about its cardiovascular effects, he said.
Adam Johnson said he could smoke 50 hours a week if he wasn’t careful. Usually a pipe smoker, Johnson uses Snus packets throughout the day, he says, to stop himself from smoking too much.
“With (smoking) tobacco,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I say I’m doing it for the flavor. This is ― you can get a dose of nicotine while you’re helping a customer who doesn’t smoke, and they won’t even know it,” said Johnson.
Reynolds’ Holbrook said consumers are moving to smokeless because it offers freedom and choice that cigarettes can no longer offer.
“They’re looking for options where they can continue to enjoy tobacco on their terms, and they have control of the situation. They want tobacco that can be enjoyed at a bar or a nightclub,” he said.
Several articles of the framework convention promote introduction of guidelines to control ingredients of tobacco products and to require tobacco producers to disclose information regarding the ingredients and emissions of tobacco products.
The measures would “virtually put an end to production of Burley and Oriental sorts of tobacco, which would be a discrimination that would not resolve the public health issuers since smokers would simply opt for other tobacco products,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],” stated ITGA vice-president Jorge Nestor.
Uruguay, which hosted the conference, is facing a legal action from the world’s largest private tobacco company Philip Morris International for the country’s anti-smoking regulations. But the participants of the conference, several international health organizations and even New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg supported Uruguay in the legal fight with PMI.