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Is Chewing Tobacco Bad For You

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Holding one pinch of smokeless tobacco in your mouth for 30 minutes delivers as much nicotine as 3-4 cigarettes. Over time its common to develop gum disease. Dangers Of Smokeless Tobacco Healthychildren Org Health Risks of Smokeless Tobacco Smokeless tobacco includes products such as chewing spit tobacco moist snuff snus a spitless moist powder tobacco often in a pouch and other tobacco-containing products that are not smoked. Is chewing tobacco bad for you . 2 Other chemicals found in tobacco can also cause cancer. 1 The higher the levels of these chemicals the greater the risk for cancer. However in people who are diabetic and take ACE inhibitors to preserve kidney function chewing tobacco may counteract the ACE inhibitor. The nicotine from the tobacco is absorbed through the lining of your nose or mouth. A study also confirmed that people who use smokeless tobacco exclusively have 5X higher biomarker for the cancer-causing nitrosamine. It brings to mind marrying your se...