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Consumer Updates > Recognize Tobacco in its Many Forms

Smokeless Tobacco Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 04/24/2014 01:11 PM EDT

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Recognize Tobacco in its Many Forms

04/24/2014 10:56 AM EDT

Source: Food and Drug Administration

Recognize Tobacco in its Many Forms

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• Cigarettes
• Cigars, Little Cigars, Cigarillos
• Dissolvable Products
• Electronic Cigarettes (Also Referred to as: Vape Pen, e-Hookah, Hookah Pen)
• Traditional Smokeless Tobacco Products
• Waterpipes (Also Referred to as: Hookah, Shisha, Narghile, Argileh)
• What FDA Currently Regulates

Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and death in the United States, but can you recognize all the different forms of a tobacco product? The marketplace includes an array of new products, with many looking very different from the traditional tobacco products you may know about.

To attract users, tobacco companies regularly modify their products and introduce novel tobacco products to the market. “Parents should stay updated on the various products available and, discuss the dangers of tobacco use with their children,” says Ii-Lun Chen, M.D., a pediatrician and medical branch chief in the Office of Science at FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.