The Dangers of Chewing Tobacco

While you may not realize it, smokeless tobacco can be just as deadly and dangerous as cigarettes. While this medium of getting a nicotine fix protects the lungs from exposure to dangerous fumes, the body is still exposed to large amounts of the dangerous chemicals found in tobacco. Not only that, but users can still become addicted to chewing tobacco, just as smokers develop an addiction to cigarettes. This makes it extremely difficult for them to quit.

Associated Risks of Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless tobacco comes in three different forms – all of which are used orally. Chewing Tobacco is chewed, snuff is placed in the mouth and inhaled through the nostrils, and betel quid is sucked and chewed. All three of these products expose their users to the following short-term and long-term risks:

• Cavities
• Sores and swelling
• Gum disease
• Oral cancer
• Heart problems
• Non-oral cancer
• Mouth lesions

While not all smokeless tobacco users will develop the most dangerous effects of oral and non-oral cancer, some will. In fact, smokeless tobacco users make up the majority of the 55,000 Americans who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer every year.

Don’t let yourself be deceived by smokeless tobacco. Even though it may not seem as risky as cigarettes, it is just as dangerous.

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