Tobacco
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“If students can get out of here in
four years without smoking or
chewing, the numbers say they
probably will not start,” said Paula
Staight, health education director at
the University Health Center.
Smokeless tobacco comes in two
basic forms: snuff and chewing to
bacco. Snuff is the highly ground or
shredded form of tobacco, most
commonly sold in a small round
can. Users place a “dip,” “wad” or
“chew” of snuff between their bot
tom teeth and lower lip. Snuff users
can often be identified by the tobac
co ring in their back pocket.
Chewing tobacco is known as the
more coarse and leafy cut of tobac
co. Users place a “chew” or a “wad”
in their cheek pouch. Severson said
baseball players are a common
group that uses chewing tobacco.
Severson said the high nicotine
content is a lure for chewing tobac
co. Tobacco companies offer a wide
range of smokeless products, from
the sweeter-tasting Skoal Bandits,
which have very little nicotine, to
the heavy-hitting Copenhagen,
which contains as much nicotine as
three packs of Marlboros.
University sophomore Jeff
Struthers never saw the lure of chew.
Struthers chewed Skoal for just
less than three months, bought at
most a can a week during that peri
od and dropped it cold turkey.
“It was something I tried out. I
thought it was gross, and I
stopped using it,” he said. “It was
no problem quitting.”
Major tobacco companies are be
ginning an attempt to paint smoke
less tobacco as a more healthy alter
native to cigarettes. U.S. Smokeless
Tobacco Company, formerly United
States Tobacco, formally petitioned
the Federal Trade Commission in
early February for permission to
create advertisements that say its
products could be a safer alterna
tive to smoking.
Officials such as Severson have
been trying to demystify that notion.
“Smokeless tobacco is not harm
less,” he said. “It is not a safe alter
native.”
E-mail features editor John Liebhardt
atjohnliebhardt@dailyemerald.com.
EWEB
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bus of the evening back from 11:40
p.m. to 10:40 p.m., decrease fre
quency of Route 11, which serves
Springfield, and make other sched
ule changes. LTD was also planning
on cutting Route 78, which con
nects West Eugene to the Universi
ty, but has since decided to keep
the popular route running in the
morning and late afternoon.
Spokesman Andy Vobora said
the bus company has already col
lected public feedback for the pro
posed route changes, but students
are welcome to come.
“We never discourage people
Public issues
EWEB’s rata hearing is at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in EWEB's board room
at500E.4thAve.
Sprint’s appeal for its 120-foot celt
tower is at 5 p.m. Tuesday, in the City
Council chamber at 777 Pear! St.
LTD’s hoard meeting is at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday at 3500 E.17th Ave.
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from coming,” Vobora said. “Feed
back is good for the board to hear.”
E-mail reporter Brook Reinhard
atbrookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
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