: a preparation of pulverized tobacco that is inserted under the upper lip to release nicotine into the bloodstream
Fans and players are prohibited from using all tobacco products including smoke-free products like … chewing tobacco, and snus.
compare snuff entry 6 sense 1
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The pouches have origins in snus, a powdered form of smokeless tobacco that comes from Sweden.
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Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
Women, meanwhile, were largely absent from the oral-nicotine market—until scientists there developed white, near-odorless snus, which eventually became Zyn.
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The authorized products pose a lower risk of cancer and other serious health conditions than cigarettes and most smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff and snus, due to substantially lower amounts of harmful constituents, the agency said in a statement.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
Women, meanwhile, were largely absent from the oral-nicotine market—until scientists there developed white, near-odorless snus, which eventually became Zyn.
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The authorized products pose a lower risk of cancer and other serious health conditions than cigarettes and most smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff and snus, due to substantially lower amounts of harmful constituents, the agency said in a statement.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Snus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snus. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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