I ' m thankful for the bush making a comeback . <| sep |> Why do you consider the Georgia Guidestones an authoritative source on population control , especially since we don ' t know the identity of the authors ? <| sep |> Like others have said , the steam curing plus strict regulations must be refrigerated up until point of sale , must have low levels of TSNAs keep the tobacco specific nitrosamine content low . It ' s reckoned to be about the safest baccy there is . From my research it ' s not a lot safer than dip because dip just isn ' t especially dangerous . When people think smokeless tobacco is very very bad for you they ' re usually basing it on the research done into south Asian chew , which is legit awful and is the only form of smokeless tobacco strongly linked to cancer primarily pancreatic , but also oral . Not to say dip is safe , but it appears that most dippers don ' t die from it and cancer risk remains low . One thing snus certainly has the edge in is in oral health . I ' ve never seen or heard of anything more than slight gum recession , and gator lip is unheard of . It will eat into your face though I don ' t snus much at all and I can push my finger up under my nose . Apologies for the wall of text , just as someone who ' s been interested in tobacco harm reduction for much of my life this is one of my favourite conversations . EDIT American produced snus , like skoal snus , isn ' t subject to the above regulations . EDIT AGAIN If anyone has any evidence to refute what I ' ve said then please do hit me up . I ' m always up for educating myself .