U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company

The use of smokeless tobacco involves fewer health risks than smoking and therefore offers a viable alternative to cigarettes, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company (USSTC) argues in the following viewpoint. It maintains that while smokeless tobacco is not entirely safe, using it is safer than smoking cigarettes. The tobacco company asserts that smokeless tobacco use by those who are unable to stop smoking cigarettes should be encouraged as a method of harm reduction. The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company is the leading producer of moist, smokeless tobacco and snuff in the United States.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, why is a tobacco harm reduction strategy necessary?
2. According to a Royal College of Physicians report, how much less hazardous than...