Creamy snuff is a paste consisting of tobacco, clove oil, glycerin, spearmint, menthol, and camphor, and sold in a toothpaste tube. According to the U.S NIH-sponsored Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheet,[1] the manufacturer recommends letting the paste linger in your mouth before rinsing." It is packaged in tubes similar to those used for toothpaste.[2] The product is addictive.[3] A similar product, known as gul or gadakhu, is made with tobacco powder and molasses, and used mainly by women in India as a dentifrice.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheets" (PDF). 3rd International Conference on Smokeless Tobacco. 2002. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ↑ Sivaramakrishnan, V.M. (2001). Tobacco and Areca Nut. Orient Blackswan. p. 17. ISBN 978-81-250-2013-4. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ↑ Smokeless Tobacco Or Health. DIANE Publishing. 1993. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7881-2067-1. Retrieved 2008-11-08.