Schools have started posting signs that state NO Tobacco products allowed and NOT simply No Smoking.

October 30, 2007 - It's great that schools have started posting signs that state NO Tobacco products allowed and NOT simply No Smoking. nitrosamines A recent study by Dr. Stephen Hecht and colleaguessuggests that smokeless tobacco is not a good option for reducing health risks from smoking. Still some public health professionals seem to think SNUS should be used as a harm reduction product in inveterate (firmly and long established) smokers that have no interest in quitting. Tobacco companies are targeting a much younger crowd of young adults and any kids they can entice along the way. We must prevent this from happening or we'll end up with a generation of nicotine addicts. But with SNUS - since it's smoke-free, spit-free, pasteurized tobacco pouches that must be keep in one spot in your mouth how's a teacher suppose to tell. The taglines for Skoal Dry, "No Smoke, No Spit, No Boundaries and Camel SNUS Pleasure for wherever!! Here's a comment from a Metroblogging User - Portland, OR: it doesn't take a genius to see what a boon SNUS would be to underage users. Heck, you could sit in class with some in your mouth, and no one would be the wiser. You could probably hide this stuff from teachers and parents pretty easily. ("You Snus, You Lose" posted by PAgent at 1:50pm on January 8, 2007). Dr. Stephen Hecht at the University of Minnesota tells us that the pasteurization process lowers the carcinogenic in tobacco but the levels are still 10-100 times higher than the levels in any other consumer product.