A total of 2.4 million cancer cases were caused by snuff in the United States from 1999 to 2004, said on 4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CCPE).
According to the report of the CCPE, the use of snuff is not preventable cause. 1 of disease and premature death in the United States, surpassing alcohol, car crashes, suicide, homicide and illegal drug use, and the most prominent cause of cancer.
Around 438,000 people died prematurely each year due to the use of snuff, including 38,000 people who were passive smokers, he said.
"In addition, smoking causes costs 167,000 million U.S. dollars annually in health care and lost productivity."
The report of the CCPE discovered that apart from lung and bronchial cancer that account for almost half the cases, snuff also leads to cancer of the larynx, mouth and pharynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, cervix and leukemia mielógena Acute.
The report also said that Kentucky has the highest rates of lung cancer among men and women and that diseases related to the use of snuff are more common among non-Hispanic blacks and whites.
