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An FDA advisory panel voted on claims put forward by Swedish Match, a smokeless tobacco manufacturer, on Friday, _Time_ reports. The company wants to do away with warning labels on its

smokeless tobacco product snus, arguing that snus presents "substantially lower risks to health than cigarettes." The committee split on the question of whether using smokeless

tobacco products really is substantially safer than smoking cigarettes; Swedish Match's argument is effectively one of harm reduction, suggesting that the lower level of nicotine in

snus provides a relatively safer experience for those who choose to use a tobacco product. The committee agreed, though, against doing away with Swedish Match's warning label, saying

the claims the company put forward do not prove that the product does not pose any health risks. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis

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