There are many different types of tobacco products on the market today. Here are some key differences between the most common.

* In Canada and the US, chew, dip, snuff, snus are often used interchangeably to refer to chewing tobacco. Here you'll learn the real difference.  

Cigarette	small roll of cut tobacco wrapped in paper usually has a filter but not always contains over 4,000 other added chemicals can cause multiple forms of cancer and respiratory diseases and conditions including emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Cigar	rolled bundle of tobacco wrapped in tobacco leaf "little cigars" are the size of cigarettes but made in the way of a cigar one cigar can have 20 times more ammonia (a cancer causing agent) then cigarettes can cause multiple forms of cancer and respiratory diseases and conditions including emphysema and COPD
Cigarillo	cigarillo is spanish for "little cigar" in North America, cigarillos are usually small flavoured cigars can have filters but not always cigarillos are just as dangerous to your health as cigars can cause multiple forms of cancer and respiratory diseases and conditions including emphysema and COPD
Chew/Dip	is either in leaf form (and needs to be chewed) or ground form typically a pinch of the product is placed between the lip and cheek nicotine and other chemicals are absorbed through membranes in your mouth 1 tin of chew has the same amount of nicotine as 5.25 packs of cigarettes cause cancers of the mouth and throat chew/dip is not a safe alternative to smoking
Snuff	similar to dip except that it is a ground substance sniffed through the nose using fingers or a device sometimes in Canada snuff is used to refer to chew tobacco can be dry or moist can cause cancers of the mouth, throat, nose, and other facial areas
Snus	a moist form of snuff that is placed under the upper lip the user doesnt typically spit it out often comes in the form of a teabag to keep it contained comes from Sweden causes cancers of the mouth, and throat
Hookah/Shisha/Water Pipe	a device for smoking where the smoke passes through water and inhaled through a hose or pipe comes from India in one session a person can inhale 100-200 times the smoke of a cigarette can cause multiple forms of cancer and respiratory diseases and conditions including emphysema and COPD can spread contagious infections such as colds, flus, cold sores etc as the pipes are often shared with others