Smokeless tobacco includes chew, spit, dip, snuff, snus, and any dissolvable tobacco product
Similar to relatively recent e-cigarette industry practices, these products are promoted either through direct advertisements or indirect product sponsorships, skirting many of the advertising and marketing restrictions that exist for cigarettes and becoming extremely different for state regulators to monitor, survey, and address
The study found that pregnant women in the region were seven per cent more likely to use smokeless tobacco than non-pregnant women
In 1998, 46 state attorneys general reached the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco companies a $246 billion settlement, the largest redistribution of corporate wrongdoing costs in American legal history