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EU Panel Says Oral Tobacco Is Addictive, Hazardous (Update2) 

Swedish-style snuff hasn't been proven to help people quit smoking, a European Union panel said, dealing a blow to tobacco companies that lobbied for lifting a ban on the product.

Smokeless tobacco is addictive and hazardous to health, the committee said in a report on its Web site. Evidence that the snuff, known as snus, may help Swedish smokers stop isn't sufficient to lift an EU ban because it's ``not possible to extrapolate the patterns of tobacco use'' to other countries, the committee said.

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