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While the available evidence shows that smokeless tobacco may be less dangerous than cigarettes are, long-term use of chewing tobacco and other smokeless tobacco products can cause serious health problems. That's because they can contain about 30 cancer-causing substances. Like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco also contains nicotine, which can cause you to become addicted.
Addiction
Because smokeless tobacco contains nicotine, you can get addicted, just as you can with cigarettes and other tobacco products. Your body may actually absorb more nicotine from chewing tobacco or snuff than it does from a cigarette. Just as with smoking, withdrawal from smokeless tobacco causes signs and symptoms such as intense cravings, increased appetite, irritability and depressed mood. Also, over time, you develop a tolerance for the nicotine in chewing tobacco and other smokeless tobacco products, and you need more to feel the desired effects. This may lead you to dangerous habits - using brands with more nicotine, using more often, leaving chew in your mouth overnight and swallowing tobacco juices.
Cancer
Your risk of certain types of cancer increases if you use chewing tobacco or other types of smokeless tobacco. This includes esophageal cancer and various types of oral cancer, including cancers of your mouth, throat, cheek, gums, lips and tongue. Surgery to remove cancer from any of these areas can leave your jaw, chin, neck or face disfigured, and the cancer may be life-threatening. You also face increased risks related to pancreatic cancer and kidney cancer.
Cavities
Chewing tobacco and other forms of smokeless tobacco cause tooth decay. That's because chewing tobacco contains high amounts of sugar, which contributes to cavities. Chewing tobacco also contains coarse particles that can irritate your gums and scratch away at the enamel on your teeth, making your teeth more vulnerable to cavities.
Gum disease
The sugar and irritants in chewing tobacco and other forms of smokeless tobacco can cause your gums to pull away from your teeth in the area of your mouth where you place the chew. Over time you can develop gum disease (gingivitis), which can lead to periodontitis and tooth loss. And like cigarettes, chewing tobacco and other smokeless products can stain your teeth and cause bad breath.
Heart disease
Smokeless tobacco increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Some evidence suggests that long-term use of smokeless tobacco increases your risk of dying of certain types of Heart disease and stroke.
Precancerous mouth lesions
Smokeless tobacco increases your risk of developing small white patches called leukoplakia (loo-ko-PLAY-kee-uh) inside your mouth where the chew is most often placed. These mouth lesions are precancerous - meaning that the lesions could one day become cancer. If you stop using smokeless tobacco products, the lesions usually go away within a few months.
What else can I help you with?
How long can a person live while taking chew tobacco?
Chewing tobacco is much safer for health than is smoking it. The primary danger is that it increases the risk of mouth cancer.
Is dipping or chewing tobacco is just dangerous as smoking it?
Yes, dipping or chewing tobacco is just as dangerous as smoking. It isn't only the smoke from the cigarette that can harm you, it is the tobacco and other chemicals in the tobacco product.
Is chewing tobacco a safe substitute for smoking?
no it is worse for u. u can die from it more than smoking
Is skoal safer than chewing tobacco?
Skoal is dip, or chew. If you are referring to something like beechnut or redman, actual chewing tobaccos, it's not really safer, just used a little differently. Some might say that chewing tobacco is a little less harse than dip.
Which is worse for you smoking or chewing tobacco?
Smoking and chewing tobacco each have severe health risks. While smoking is a major risk factor for glaucoma, emphysema, throat cancer, and lung cancer, "chewing tobacco" is connected to a greatly increased risk of oral cancer. Both contain nicotine, which has its own documented health effects.
What if you filter the hookah?
Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking. The tobacco is no less toxic in a hookah pipe, and the water in the hookah does not filter out the toxic ingredients in the tobacco smoke.
Are tobacco worse than cigarette?
As per my opinion both smoking and tobacco is bad for the health. Due to the direct contact of the chewing tobacco with the mouth and teeth, the effects of the nicotine lead to gum diseases. Oral cancer can be extensive in people who use chewing tobacco.
Are electronic cigarettes a good alternative to smoking tobacco?
Studies have shown that e-cigarettes and vapor pens are safer than tobacco cigarettes, and many people have stopped smoking tobacco cigarettes using them. However, if you are not smoking e-cigarettes, vapors, or tobacco cigarettes now, the best choice is not to start smoking at all.
Can smoking paper get you high?
yes, yes it can :)
Pipe tobacco is safer than normal tobacco?
Yes it is! :D
How much healthier is a hookah?
Not at all. Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking. The tobacco is no less toxic in a hookah pipe, and the water in the hookah does not filter out the toxic ingredients in the tobacco smoke. Hookah smokers may actually inhale more tobacco smoke than cigarette smokers do because of the large volume of smoke they inhale in one smoking session, which can last as long as 60 minutes.
Are flavored cigrettes safer than tobacco ciggretts?
Flavoured cigarettes are no safer then any other type of cigarette because they are based on the same tobacco.
