---
type: restriction
id: usps-smokeless-tobacco
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "smokeless tobacco — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_026.htm
source_quote: "Smokeless Tobacco: Any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without combustion."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "smokeless tobacco"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "all domestic mail"
conditions: "Any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without combustion"
verified: true
unverified_fields: carrier, scope
---
**Item category:** smokeless tobacco

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** all domestic mail

**Conditions:** Any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without combustion

> Smokeless Tobacco: Any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without combustion.

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_026.htm>