The high temperature suppresses the conversion of nitrates into the more toxic nitrites, which ultimately yield tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

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They wind up with almost as much deadly tar and nitrosamines as they would have smoking conventional cigarettes.

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The mints and snuff are made with specially cured tobacco that contains fewer so-called tobacco-specific nitrosamines powerful carcinogens formed from nicotine and other alkaloids during tobacco fermentation than regular cigarettes.

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When chemical preservatives and color enhancers are ingested, they cause the body to produce nitrosamines which cause cancer of the liver, stomach, brain, bladder, kidneys and several other organs.

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