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Smokeless tobacco catches on as U.S. cigarette smoking wanes  

With U.S. cigarette smoking waning, competition in smokeless tobacco is smokin.'

The latest example comes from Chesterfield County-based Swedish Match North America, which has introduced its Red Man moist snuff nationally.

The roll-out follows a seven-month test in 11 states, including Virginia. Consumer acceptance was "overwhelming," said Elliot Eliades, the company's chief of new product development.

Cigarette consumption is declining at 1 percent to 3 percent a year, but moist snuff sales have risen about 7 percent to 11 percent each of the past two years.

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