Good post over at Tobacco Truth. The upshot is that three out of the four federally mandated warnings on smokeless tobacco are bullshit. Yes, we knew that. But Dr. Rodu sums it up here very nicely.

The FDA tobacco control act goes into effect today. There’s been plenty of speculation and interpretation as to what it means for us. Now that’s here, I’m just going to sit back and watch the snus shops and the manufacturers and see what they do. The real danger isn’t what’s upon us in the next [...]

We’ll probably be seeing more and more of this bullshit as we approach June 22. Just a few days ago, we saw it on the Camel Snus ads.
Now its on the Swedish Match product chart.
Before:

Now:

That’s a big-ass warning… and we thought that those little warnings were stupid. If the government wants to lie to us, [...]

I brought the Oomph Merry Christmas snus into the office today to share some Christmas joy.
For some reason, everyone wanted to try it… even non snusers… even non-tobacco users…
Was it the red case? The mininess? The slutty Santa girl on the front?

Probably all of these things.
And, everyone liked it… once they figured out how to [...]

Wow. All flavored tobacco products look like they are going to be banned in New York City. The list of legal flavors will now only include: tobacco, menthol, mint, and wintergreen. The council is expanding the FDA ban to non-covered products like cigars and smokeless tobacco.
The mayor is expected to sign the bill.