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Newsletter for Idaho Retailers Sponsored by Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

VOLUME 07, NUMBER 3 MARCH 2008

Just When You Thought You knew it all: More Tobacco Facts

By Cheryl Dudley

sweetened like the plugs. It’s sold in Learn Something New About Tobacco bags. Facts and Stats And you thought you knew everything! • Swedish Snus is made from steam- Tobacco lingo and practice varies from state cured tobacco and seems to produce “C+” Average for to state and country to country and has an lower rates than other types.

FEBRUARY interesting history and culture. Read on for • is an Iranian tobacco that is this fascinating look at tobacco history, and mixed with leaves, bark and herbs and According to Idaho then on page two take a quiz to see how smoked in a small pipe called a

Code 39-5701 the much you remember. midwakh. Dokha comes in several Idaho Department of strengths, flavors and names and can be Health and Welfare • Tobacco is processed from the fresh flavored with strawberries, bananas, must inspect each leaves of in the apples, raspberries and other fruits. business that sells and has been smoked in one form or Strengths range from cold to extra hot. tobacco to ensure that another since about 2000 BC. It’s • Creamy snuff is a tobacco paste sold in it does not sell tobacco commercially available in a variety of a tube and is mainly marketed to women to minors. In forms, from dried and cured to natural. It in . It is made of tobacco, clove oil, FEBURARY 2008 can be chewed, dipped, sniffed, smoked, spearmint, menthol and camphor and is

and applied topically. The method of used for oral hygiene. ™ 47 Vendors consumption results in varied quantities • Gutka is made in India of brushed betel were of absorption into the nut, tobacco and sweet or savory inspected.* bloodstream. Dependence and flavorings. It’s consumed like chewing ™ 10 Vendors sold increased tolerance develops over time. tobacco and is a mild stimulant that is to the inspecting • Perhaps the strongest flavored tobacco marketed to adults and children. Some minor. called Perique comes from is pitched as candy and some is ™ The compliance and is considered the truffle of pipe chocolate-flavored. rate for the . It’s too strong to be smoked • Tobacco water is traditionally an organic month of alone, so is usually blended with other insecticide used in domestic gardening February 2008 . and is deadly to insects. It’s produced by

was 79% • Snuff is a fine-ground smokeless boiling strong tobacco in water, seeping tobacco that originated in the UK and is it for a long period and spraying it on *Inspections where purchase sometimes beneficial for hay fever. garden leaves. attempts were made. European snuff, which is dry, is intended • Tobacco paste can be used to treat to be sniffed up the nose, but American insect stings and is a common home

snuff is moist and is intended to be remedy with no scientific evidence to Prevent the Sale dipped. It comes in two varieties: sweet back the claims. To make it, mash the Web site and salty. It’s also referred to as contents of a in about 1 “snooze,” “snus,” “ding,” or “lip.” In New teaspoon of water to make a paste and www.preventthesale. England, users may “pack a ding.” Some apply it to the sting. smokeless tobacco delivers an com/idaho aggressive whap of nicotine. Volumes of research articles on the ill • can come in a twist, effects of tobacco (regardless of its form) on • Learn about the law plug or scrap and might be flavored with our health and especially the health of

• Take the tobacco whiskey, rum, or cherry. Twist is the Idaho’s youth don’t seem to influence or quiz oldest form and was originally created by decrease the use of tobacco. • See what the ID’s sailors because of fire hazards of As a tobacco vendor, it’s good to be

look like at sea. Plug chewing tobacco is informed and to know the reasons why the • Play the Game sweetened with syrup—sometimes state of Idaho requires you to refuse selling “Would You Sell to molasses. Similar to the twist tobacco, tobacco to minors. As you practice the art of This Person?” consumers bite off a chunk to chew. saying “No,” you can say it with conviction, Scrap is looseleaf tobacco and is also knowing that you’re one of the informed.

Here’s your Quiz (See answers below) How to Spot a Fake ID

1. Fine-ground snuff has been found beneficial for: Here are some of the common ways people tamper with

a. headaches IDs.There are basically three basic types of ID fraud: Fake, b. arthritis Altered and Borrowed. Here are some of the ways you can spot c. hay fever problems: 2. Chewing tobacco comes in 3 forms. They are: Fake IDs a. twist, plug, scrap b. chew, scrap, looseleaf Fake IDs are often slightly different from the real thing. c. scrap, pencil, sheet For example, the type may be a slightly different size. 3. Chew tobacco is sometimes flavored with: Often the back of a fake ID is just a blurry photocopy. a. salsa Altered IDs

b. molasses or fruit These IDs often have bumpy or rough places where c. avocado the laminate has been tampered with. 4. Creamy snuff is used for: Borrowed IDs a. deodorant Appearances can change, but you should question b. moisturizer even slight differences.

c. oral hygiene 5. Tobacco paste is used for: For more detailed information on how to spot a fake ID, visit a. treating cuts and scrapes http://www.preventthesale.com/idaho/fraud.htm. b. easing insect stings

c. smoking 6. Twist tobacco was created by: a. sailors Set your clocks ahead one hour on th b. doctors March 9 ! After a long, hard winter, c. Europeans spring is on the horizon! It’s Daylight

7. Perique, a strong tobacco, comes from: Saving Time. a. Idaho b. Louisiana c. North Dakota

8. Tobacco has been smoked in some form since: a. the beginning of time b. the U.S. centennial

c. about 2000 B.C. 9. Gutka is sometimes flavored as:

a. snus Here are the answers: b. chocolate 1. c 6. a c. 2. a 7. b 10. Saying “No” to minors who ask to buy tobacco 3. b 8. c

products is: 4. c 9. b a. the law 5. b 10. a,b,c b. a privilege c. a right

VOLUME 07, NUMBER 3 March 2008

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* Learn something new about tobacco * Take a tobacco quiz * Spotting a fake ID

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