I grew up in an area where there were lots of Swedes and Norwegians and Danes, and the word "snoose" was used there for chewing tobacco. It is interesting to see it spelled Snuse. I like it.

As for the health of it, it will cause cancer - lots of those baseball players got throat and mought cancers... and some end up having half their freakin' FACE removed!!!

But I would agree that it is one step better than smoking - the lungs are far more delicate that other body parts... and smells etc clinch that arguement.

Maybe not as good as the patch, as far as substitutes go. Has enyone tried those nicotine inhalers? My son told me about them - looks like a cig and has one hit of nic that actually gives a buzz.

But ["butt"] substitutes are only a stop-gap measure for serious quitters eh.

Best by far is to quit tobacco, stop selling it where we can see it, and stop showing it on TV and movies ; give quitters support.