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stated on April 8, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

Video shows Snoop Dogg recommending “gummies for quitting smoking.”

Snoop Dogg arrives at the world premiere of "The Underdoggs" on Jan. 23, 2024, at The Culver Theater in Culver City, Calif. (AP)

By Madison Czopek April 11, 2024

No, Snoop Dogg isn’t talking up gummies to help quit smoking. This audio has been manipulated.

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We found no reputable reports that rapper Snoop Dogg is advocating the use of gummies to quit smoking.
The footage appears to be from Snoop Dogg’s January appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," but the audio has been manipulated.
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Snoop Dogg, a rapper known for his love of marijuana, trolled social media users in 2023, claiming he’d "decided to give up smoke" after discussions with his loved ones.

Days later, he revealed he’d been joking and posted an ad for a smokeless stove.

This time around, an April 8 Facebook post tries to convince us that Snoop Dogg has given up smoking cigarettes.

"You know what f--- cigarettes," the rapper appeared to say in a video clip shared on Facebook. "I realized I needed to quit smoking as soon as possible when my buddies started having health problems one after another. And we are talking serious problems like COPD, shortness of breath and even heart attacks. So, I’ve tried to quit many times, but man those cravings took over every time until someone from Out Circle brought these gummies for quitting smoking."

The audio continued, claiming that taking the gummies eliminated cigarette cravings within two days.

"We didn’t even have any withdrawal symptoms and mind you we’ve been smoking for decades," Snoop Dogg appeared to say in the video. "I’m not trying to promote anything here, but if you want to quit smoking for good and repair the damage done to your body you should definitely give them a try."

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(Screenshot from Facebook.)

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The audio accompanying this clip has been manipulated. If you watch closely, the words do not align with the movement of his mouth.

PolitiFact used a reverse-image search to locate the original video clip from Snoop Dogg’s January appearance on the late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live." In both clips, the rapper is wearing a tan sweater with a cheetah print and sporting a large pendant on a chain.

In the real clip, Snoop Dogg and Kimmel discussed several topics, including smoking pot, Snoop’s picture with most of the cast of "Oppenheimer," drug testing and that Snoop Dogg will help cover the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for NBC.

Snoop Dogg did not advocate for using gummies to quit smoking cigarettes.

The video is part of a trend of scams that use manipulated audio or video to make it seem that celebrities are promoting certain products. We’ve fact-checked false claims that singer Kelly Clarkson promoted diet products and that celebrity surgeon and former politician Dr. Mehmet Oz endorsed gummies to treat high blood pressure.

We also searched Google and Nexis and found no reputable news reports showing that Snoop Dogg suggested using gummies to quit smoking cigarettes. We tried to contact Snoop Dogg but did not hear back by deadline.

We rate this claim False.