A 40-year-old member asked:
Do the risks of getting oral cancer increase for dip users or cigar smokers?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Upendra Parvathanenianswered
Radiation Oncology 30 years experience
Yes: All tobacco products increase risk of oral cancers. Quit now!
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Dr. John Chastainanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 21 years experience
Yes: Oral tobacco (dip, snuff, chewing) and cigar smoking (or chomping) are risk factors for mouth, tongue, and throat cancer. More use = more risk, especially with regular use of alcohol. Would be best to quit.... If not, at least switch where you put oral tobacco, to minimize irritation in one specific spot in your mouth.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Could there be a good chance of getting oral cancer if you dip?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Theodore Davantzisanswered
Dentistry 42 years experience
Very good: Your are bathing your oral mucosa with the carcinogens that leach out of the tobacco. The sooner you quit the better your chances of not developing carcinoma.
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