Smokeless Tobacco and Your Health

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Smokeless Tobacco and Your Health

• Can smokeless tobacco affect my oral health?

• Does smokeless tobacco cause cancer?

• Can smokeless tobacco use cause other health
  problems?

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Can smokeless tobacco affect my oral health?
It may cause tooth decay in exposed tooth roots.
It can also cause your gums to pull away from
your teeth. If this happens, your gums will not
grow back. Additionally, leathery white patches
and red sores are common in dippers and chewers.
Those patches and sores can turn into cancer.
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Does smokeless tobacco cause cancer?

• Esophageal cancer

Smokeless tobacco is tobacco that is not burned.
It includes chewing tobacco, dip, snuff, and
betel quid. At least 28 chemicals in these
products have been found to cause cancer,
including

• Mouth cancer

• Pancreatic cancer

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• Esophageal cancer

Betel quid is a combination of betel leaf, areca
nut. In many countries, tobacco is added, and the
product is known as chewing tobacco. Like other
smokeless tobacco products, betel quid and are
known to cause

• Lip cancer

• Mouth cancer

• Pharynx cancer

• Tongue cancer

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Can smokeless tobacco use cause other health
problems?
heart disease
Recent research shows that it might also cause
problems beyond cancer. Scientists are looking at
the possibility that using smokeless tobacco
might play a role in causing heart disease and
stroke.
stroke
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