Where is the arsenic in the Six Jars Puzzle?

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Six jars are placed (left to right: coffee, arsenic, and sugar on the top shelf; snuff, tea, and salt on the bottom shelf) and, thereafter filled up with these ingredients, making sure each jar contains something other than what the label says.

It is known that:

(i) The salt is located under the jar containing snuff, and:

(ii) The sugar is located directly to the right of the jar containing coffee.

Where is the arsenic?
 
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Top shelf...Snuff/Tea/Arsenic...Bottom shelf...Salt/Coffee/Sugar