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A member asked:
Can you tell me can i get mouth cancer from only using smokeless tobacco a few times?
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Unlikely: It is chronic trauma which leads to cancer. Not just once or twice. Not to say that you could not get cancer. You could. But you could get cancer without eever using tobacco. Using tobacco a few times does not increase that risk significantly.
Answered 10/29/2016
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No: No. It is related to cumulative effect of tobacco.
Answered 10/29/2016
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