oral tobacco

Smokeless nicotine product

Oral tobacco is tobacco meant to be held in the mouth rather than smoked.

The category includes chewing tobacco, snuff, and snus.

Users place it between lip and gum, absorbing nicotine through the oral tissues: He tucked a pinch of oral tobacco into his cheek.

Also called smokeless tobacco.

Related

gum disease · gum recession · lip cancer · can · jaw · carcinogens · warning label · pinch · spit · tooth decay · chew · social stigma · tin · tin can · moist · lip · cheek · tongue

Categories
Opposites
tobacco consumption method

oral tobaccocigarettes

Paper-wrapped tobacco for smoking

cigars · smoking · cigarette smoking · pipe tobacco · hookah

Family

oral, orally, tobacco, tobaccos

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG