How to Use smokeless tobacco in a Sentence

smokeless tobacco

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Definition of smokeless tobacconext
  • The same went for smokeless tobacco products and cigars.
    — Amanda Siebert, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Ninety-two percent is the same rate at which snuff -- a form of smokeless tobacco -- and pipe tobacco are already taxed.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 July 2019
  • Spitting is out — along with use of sunflower seeds and smokeless tobacco.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2020
  • In fact, smokeless tobacco was only officially banned in the MLB in 2016.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • This process happens whether nicotine is inhaled from a cigarette or an e-cigarette, or chewed in the case of smokeless tobacco.
    — Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • Philip Morris might have to raise its bid for Swedish Match to gain full ownership of the company after Elliott acquired a stake in the maker of smokeless tobacco.
    — WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, in the first two weeks of January, US sales of smokeless tobacco and nicotine products jumped 12% while cigarette sales sank 10%.
    — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Non-players will reportedly be required to wear masks in the dugout and the bullpen, and players will not be allowed to spit, eat sunflower seeds or use smokeless tobacco.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2020
  • The agency said the decline is driven mainly by a decrease in the number of males who exclusively use smokeless tobacco.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Dakich has promoted Quit Now, an effort to help people quit tobacco due to his own use of smokeless tobacco.
    — Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The bill would simply add vape products to existing laws that ban internet and telephone sales of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
    — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Durden began dipping, or chewing smokeless tobacco that comes in a tin can, in high school and quickly began having problems with his bottom lip.
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Now, half of all MLB stadiums, totaling 15, have bans on smokeless tobacco for athletes during games.
    — Jessica Lee, The Seattle Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Among Alaska adults, 7% reported using smokeless tobacco, much higher than the national rate of 2%, the report said.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Snus, the smokeless tobacco product, has reportedly risen in prominence amongst professional footballers in recent years with Vardy one of the sport's most high-profile users.
    — SI.com, 7 June 2018
  • Harvey, who chewed tobacco during his umpiring years, was found to have oral cancer in 1997 and spoke out about the dangers of smokeless tobacco following his treatment.
    — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes are crucial to the business of the nation’s convenience stores.
    — Brody Mullins, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2021
  • And in 2018, Altria Group recalled some smokeless tobacco products after customers found metal objects in them.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The prohibition on flavored cigars, smokeless tobacco and vaping, including menthol cigarettes, was passed by the Board of Supervisors last June, one of the first laws of its kind in the nation.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 2018
  • Fiddling with his cellphone and taking an occasional dip of smokeless tobacco, McBarron stood inside the arena during the auction.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Swedish Match makes more than 60% of its sales from smokeless tobacco products that have lower health risks than traditional cigarettes and don’t face the same regulatory burdens.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The agreement includes various tax hikes, ranging from a monthly surcharge on cellphone bills to an increase in the tax on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco starting on November 1.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Biden didn't call for this tax increase, but the proposal from the House Ways and Means Committee would raise the excise taxes on cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and other nicotine products and then tie the rate to inflation going forward.
    — Katie Lobosco, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
  • As smokeless tobacco became more unpopular over the years, a few iconic, fan-friendly alternatives cropped up.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • Companies are also rushing to introduce new versions of smokeless tobacco, also known as snuff.
    — Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • The two are accused of underreporting the amount of tobacco shipped into Connecticut in order to avoid Connecticut’s tobacco tax, which is about 50 percent of the value of smokeless tobacco brought into the state.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • But because of the 26% of respondents who use e-cigarettes, along with a substantial percentage of teens who use smokeless tobacco, overall use of tobacco or nicotine products among Alaska youth was 35%, the report said.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Revenue is generated from the sale of cigarettes and its flagship smokeless tobacco offering – IQOS.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Bay Area bans Several Bay Area cities, towns and counties have passed restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and some or all flavored tobacco products (menthol cigarettes, little cigars and smokeless tobacco).
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 28 July 2019
  • And in January, a study suggested that smokeless tobacco increases the risk of peripheral artery disease to a similar extent as does cigarette use.
    — Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023

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