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| Product type | Dipping tobacco |
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| Owner | Reynolds American |
| Produced by | American Snuff Co. |
| Introduced | 1980; 46 years ago (1980) |
| Carcinogenicity:IARC group 1 | |
Kodiak is a brand ofdipping tobacco manufactured byAmerican Snuff Company, a U.S.smokeless tobacco manufacturer which also produces theGrizzly tobacco andLevi Garrett brands.[1] Introduced in 1980,[2] Kodiak is currently available in three flavors:Wintergreen,Mint (formerly Ice), andStraight, each featuring a picture of aKodiak bear on the top label.[3] Kodiak recently introduced pouches, which hold the moist snuff in a tea-bag like pouch, preventing it from spreading around the mouth and keeping it out of the teeth.
The Kodiak Wintergreen variety is a strong brand of dipping tobacco. It is abasic mixture with highnicotine content and apH as high as 8.35.[4] It has high levels ofdeprotonatednicotine, "the chemical form ... that is most readily absorbed through the mouth into the bloodstream," when compared amongst other brands.[4]
As of November 19, 2023, American Snuff Company initiated a recall of the Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco product as a result of potential contact with foreign metal objects during the manufacturing process.[1]
Kodiak sponsored manyNASCAR teams from the late 1980s to 2001.Levi Garrett sponsored a number of races as well. Notable drivers who drove for Kodiak/Levi Garrett areRusty Wallace,Ken Schrader,Ricky Craven,Steve Grissom, andStacy Compton. Kodiak was the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship winning sponsor with Rusty Wallace in the No.27Blue Max RacingPontiac. The snuff company also sponsoredHendrick Motorsports,Larry Hedrick Motorsports, andMelling Racing.
In 2019,Kyle Larson threw back to Craven's 1996 Kodiak livery with Larry Hedrick Racing in theSouthern 500 with aClover Network sponsorship instead ofKodiak, whose colors are similar.
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