Question 1

Does smokeless tobacco cause copd?

Accepted Answer

But it does cause cancer of the lips tongue and throat.  That's bad enough.

Question 2

How can  smokeless tobacco cause oral cancer?

Accepted Answer

It is the carcinogens in the tobacco that leach into the soft tissues of your mouth and cause the changes on a cellular level that result in cancer cells forming.

Question 3

What kinds of chemicals are in smokeless tobacco(snuff), that cause cancer?

Accepted Answer

All of the pesticides, fungicides and herbicides used on the growing tobacco leaves when they go throught the liver are turned into "estrogen-like" compounds resulting in over-estroginized men and women. They also contain heavy metals all of these can cause various forms of cancers.

Question 4

When i asked about the heart palpitations, i should add that i use smokeless tobacco, can this cause them? i'm working on quitting.

Accepted Answer

Yes, stimulants can cause palpitations, and nicotine is a powerful stimulant. Cigarettes, cigars, dip, chew or any tobacco product has a significant amount of nicotine. However, palpitations can also result from underlying heart problems or metabolic problems, so don't assume it's the nicotine until you have a medical evaluation.

Question 5

Can smokeless tobacco cause stomach cancer?

Accepted Answer

Smokeless tobacco describes such a diversity of products.  Unfortunately most manufacturers don't tell the consumer exactly what their products contain.  There are a number of additives which have been attributed to a risk of stomach cancer.  In addition to reducing your risk of stomach cancer, not using smokeless tobacco has a number of other long-term important health benefits.

Question 6

Throat cancer and smokeless tobacco? i read that using smokeless tobacco can cause throat cancer. i only use it once in a while. is that ok?

Accepted Answer

No.

Smokeless tobacco causes cancer of the tongue, mouth, and throat, and may also cause cancers of the stomach and intestine.  These are extremely difficult cancers to treat.  Most are fatal, and those that are cured leave patients with terrible deformities. Even if it doesn't cause cancer, smokeless tobacco causes gum disease that may cost you your teeth.

You say you use it only once in a while, so it will be easier to quit now.  If you wait, chances are that you'll start using it more in the future.

Question 7

What's the best way to stop using smokeless tobacco?

Accepted Answer

One way to stop an addition like tobacco use is cold turkey. Throw the stuff away and walk. It take a strong conviction to stop this way. Another way is gradual with medical help to wean you off the tobacco addiction. The last form is being forced by circumstances, like oral cancer, to stop using tobacco. Not fun. All bad habits must be replaced by good habits in order to prevent going back.

Question 8

Could copd be a result of smokeless tobacco?

Accepted Answer

Smokeless tobacco is chewing tobacco and snuff. It causes oral cancer, nicotine addiction, and reproductive health problems. It is not known to cause copd.

Question 9

Are you less addicted to tobacco if you use smokeless tobacco?

Accepted Answer

The addiction to chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco is to the same chemical, mainly nicotine. The nicotine from either source acts on the same pathways of the brain regardless of how it enters the body. Both forms of tobacco use cause cancer and take many lives each year.

Question 10

Can the use of smokeless tobacco weaken your immune system?

Accepted Answer

Directly no. Indirectly yes.

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How can smokeless tobacco cause oral cancer?

What kinds of chemicals are in smokeless tobacco(snuff), that cause cancer?

When i asked about the heart palpitations, i should add that i use smokeless tobacco, can this cause them? i'm working on quitting.

Can smokeless tobacco cause stomach cancer?

Throat cancer and smokeless tobacco? i read that using smokeless tobacco can cause throat cancer. i only use it once in a while. is that ok?

What's the best way to stop using smokeless tobacco?

Could copd be a result of smokeless tobacco?

Are you less addicted to tobacco if you use smokeless tobacco?

Can the use of smokeless tobacco weaken your immune system?

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