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Does chewing tobacco have a huge risk of causing oral cancer?
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Yes: Oral cancer has multiple risk factors - chewing tobacco is one additional risk factor and should be avoided.
Answered 2/7/2017
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Yes: Chewing tobacco does increase the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer. The risk is increased if you also smoke and drink alcoholic beverages in excess which most tobacco chewers do.
Answered 3/24/2020
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