Smokeless Tobacco
Chewing or dipping: These terms are familiar to the millions of teens who use smokeless tobacco. If you're ready to quit or you want to learn more about smokeless tobacco, read this article. You don't smoke it. You don't swallow it. All you do is ... [... more]
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Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk
Snuff, chew shouldn't be viewed as a safe alternative to smoking, experts say WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products (STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, do increase the user's risk of cancer -- ... [... more]
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Smokeless Tobacco and How to Quit
Many terms are used to describe smokeless tobacco products, such as oral, chewing, snuff, spit, and spitless tobacco. All forms of oral tobacco contain chemicals known to cause cancer (carcinogens). These products can cause cancer of the mouth, ... [... more]
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Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers
There are two types of smokeless tobacco--snuff and chewing tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff contain 28 carcinogens (cancer-causing agents). The most harmful carcinogens in smokeless tobacco are the tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). They ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Smokeless Tobacco
Information about snuff and chewing tobacco, smokeless tobacco and cancer, and help with quitting smokeless tobacco. NCI's gateway for information about oral cancer (cancer of the lip or mouth). Free help to quit smoking, plus information on ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Smokeless Tobacco
Information about snuff and chewing tobacco, smokeless tobacco and cancer, and help with quitting smokeless tobacco. NCI's gateway for information about oral cancer (cancer of the lip or mouth). NCI offers free, confidential information about ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers
There are two types of smokeless tobacco--snuff and chewing tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff contain 28 carcinogens (cancer-causing agents). The most harmful carcinogens in smokeless tobacco are the tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). They ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Smokeless Tobacco: Quitting
Here are some ways to help you quit. You may want to use a combination of methods. Do an oral exam to identify lesions caused by smokeless tobacco Provide information on how to learn skills to deal with quitting and staying off smokeless ... [... more]
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Smokeless Tobacco: Especially for Kids!
The makers of smokeless tobacco spend a lot of money to advertise and promote their products because the more people who use smokeless tobacco and the more smokeless tobacco each person uses, the more money they make. Promotional strategies, ... [... more]
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Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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Smokeless Tobacco: Health and Other Effects
-- Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine, the same drug that makes cigarettes addictive. If you hold an average size dip or chew in your mouth for 30 minutes, you get as much nicotine as you do from about 3 cigarettes.8 It is so addicting that some ... [... more]
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