A 40-year-old member asked:
Can chewing tobacco cause throat cancer?
4 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gregg Albersanswered
Addiction Medicine 43 years experience
Chewing tobacco: Tobacco can cause mouth cancer when chewed, and cancer in the rest of the respiratory tract when smoked. With an increased risk of cancer anywhere tobacco touches, why use! get help to stop from your doctor.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Yes: Tobacco use is associated with mouth and throat cancer, as well cancers in other parts of the body.
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Dr. Andrew Turrisianswered
Radiation Oncology 49 years experience
Snuff and chew: Tobacco products are most likely associated with oral cavity cancers (cheek, tongue, floor of mouth, gum) but oropharynx (tonsil, tongue base, voice box and hypopharynx (area behind and next to voice box, larynx) are susceptible to carcinogens in these products. They also ruin your teeth, give you bad breath, and make you a social pariah. It's addictive too.
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Dr. Gary Sandleranswered
Dentistry 56 years experience
Absolutely: Oral cancer is on the rise and both smoking and chewing tobacco are carcinogenic. It's too high a risk to take a chance. Too many people and their families and friends pay the price for this kind of foolish habit.
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