Tobacco and Ethnic Minorities - Plain English Summary Introduction 1

For all ethnic groups, 54.0% of the white population attempting to quit reported success, compared with 55.0% of the Asian or Asian British and 53.9% of the black or black British population.7 Tobacco-use by ethnic minorities in Britain Smokeless tobacco What is smokeless tobacco (SLT)? Smokeless tobacco (SLT) constitutes a wide range of tobacco containing products that are non-combustible but may. [...] Unlike in the UK and the rest of Europe the contents of smokeless tobacco are strictly regulated in Sweden by the Swedish National Food Agency Directive of snus and chewing tobacco (LIVSFS 2012:6) which sets maximum limits for lead, aflatoxins and carcinogens in line with recommendations by the WHO.25 Health impacts of smokeless tobacco Smokeless tobacco products (SLTs) refer to a wide category wh. [...] Given the wide diversity of SLT products, and lack of knowledge about their toxic constituents, it is not possible to generalise about the health risks of SLT products as a category, although some of the risks are likely to be lower than traditional tobacco smoking. [...] On breathing in through the hose, a mixture of the coal and tobacco smoke is drawn down through the body of the apparatus and into the bowl of water. [...] 17 The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 18 DIRECTIVE 2014/40/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 19 The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 20 Kumat et al., Regulation of toxic contents of smokeless tobacco products Indian J Med Res, 2018.