Smokeless Tobacco and the Dangers
by: Michael Popescu
About Smokeless Tobacco
- Comes in two forms; snuff and chewing tobacco
- 20% of high school boys and 2% of high school girls use it
- Increased risk of oral cancer
- 28 cancer causing ingredients
- Contains nicotine and super addictive
- Unlike popular stereotypes, 84% of athletes do not use spit tobacco
- 1 dip contains 5 times more nicotine than 1 cigarette
- cracked and bleeding lips and gums
- increased heart rate, blood pressure and heartbeats leading to heart attacks and brain damage
- gums receding and tooth loss
Snuff is the most common form
People who use spit tobacco are more like to smoke cigarettes
3% of population uses it