MA: Health Officials Criticize Snuff Makers for Allowing High Levels of Carcinogens
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)
Author: GORDON FAIRCLOUGH / Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Some U.S. companies have failed to take "technologically feasible" steps to reduce cancer-causing chemicals in smokeless tobacco, according to the Massachusetts Health Department, which is calling on manufacturers to clean up their products.

A study commissioned by the department measured carcinogen levels in five U.S.-made brands of snuff, a moist, finely cut tobacco that users place between their cheek and gum. It then compared the amounts of carcinogens in those brands with levels in snuff from Sweden, where Swedish Tobacco AB started removing some of the most serious toxins years ago.