GOING SMOKELESS tobacco

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GOING SMOKELESS

As cigarette sales plunge, tobacco companies are marketing smokeless products to skirt smoking bans and keep customers.

Smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking.

It contains many of the same poisonous chemicals found in cigarettes. Cigarette can be of different brands like Lady cigarettes or Kiss cigarettes.

Using spit tobacco may lead to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke and can cause cancer, tooth decay, face disfiguration...even death.

Chew, dip or snuff. No matter what you call it, use it and the result is the same.
According to the American Cancer Society, use of chewing tobacco contributes to the more than 30,000 cases of oral cancer diagnosed each year.

Spit Tobacco is a Killer

Spit tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking – it causes oral, esophageal and stomach cancers, and tooth and gum disease.
One in three people diagnosed with oral cancer die from it.
Spit Tobacco is Dangerous

Spit tobacco contains carcinogenic chemicals, as well as arsenic and lead, both of which cause health problems.
According to the Mayo Clinic, some spit tobacco products contain additives that increase the rate at which nicotine is absorbed into the body.
Spit Tobacco is Addictive

Compared to cigarettes, spit tobacco delivers five times as much nicotine, a highly addictive chemical.
Spit tobacco products vary. Many have added sweeteners that are attractive to young users. Beginning users usually graduate to products containing more nicotine after becoming regular users.
New evidence proves that spit tobacco use leads to smoking.