would like to know from your records/studies if any person in Wales has ever suffered or received treatment/care/medicine for any health condition that is caused by the use of "Naswar"
Please find the product related information as follows:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naswar)
Product: Naswar or Neswar or Snuff
Definition: Naswār (Pashto: نسوار, Cyrillic script: насва́р), also called nās (ناس; на́с) or nasvay (نسوای; насвай), is a moist, powdered tobacco dip (Dipping tobacco is a type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product. It is commonly and idiomatically known as "dip". Dipping tobacco is used by placing a pinch, or "dip", of tobacco between the lip and the gum (sublabial administration). it is sometimes confused with other tobacco products—namely nasal/dry snuff.)
Naswar is stuffed in the floor of the mouth under the lower lip, or inside the cheek,
for extended periods of time, usually for 15 to 30 minutes. It is similar to dipping tobacco and snus. (Not to be confused with the dry tobacco product Snuff (tobacco).
Snus (/snuːs/ SNOOSS, Swedish: [ˈsnʉːs] ( listen)) is a tobacco product, originating from a variant of dry snuff in early 18th-century Sweden. It is placed between the upper lip and gum for extended periods, as in sublabial administration. Snus is not fermented. Although used similarly to American dipping tobacco, snus does not typically result in the need for spitting and, unlike naswar, snus is steam-pasteurized.
Thank you for your recent request dated 12th June 2022.
Public Health Wales do not hold this data, it is important to note that Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. This is NOT the same as NHS Wales.
I would suggest you contact the individual health boards, who may hold this information.
I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, I suggest you contact them for the information you require.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
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