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How long will you have to use smokeless tobacco to get mouth cancer?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Doesn't matter: Length of time is irrelevent.. Smokeless tobacco contains cancer causing agents. Follow the below link for more detailed info: http://www.Cancer.Gov/cancertopics/factsheet/tobacco/smokeless.
Answered 2/15/2020
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A while: Cumulative effect. But don't risk cancer. Stop.
Answered 11/3/2016
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