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Bookmark or Share- Smokeless tobacco products - Mayo ClinicSmokeless tobacco products include tobacco that's chewed, sucked or sniffed, rather than smoked. The chemical that makes tobacco addictive, called nicotine, is absorbed through the tissues of the mouth or nose. Sometimes nicotine is swallowed. There are many types of smokeless tobacco products.
- Smokeless Tobacco Product Use in the United StatesLearn more about smokeless tobacco product use in the United States. This fact sheet provides information on how many people use smokeless tobacco. It also describes what the U.S. government has done to protect the public's health from the harmful effects of smokeless tobacco use.
- Health Effects of Smokeless Tobacco | Smoking and Tobacco Use | CDCSmokeless tobacco causes cancer of the mouth, esophagus, and pancreas. 1 Many smokeless tobacco products contain cancer-causing chemicals. 1 6 The most harmful chemicals are tobacco-specific nitrosamines. 1 These are organic compounds that may increase the risk of cancer.
- Smokeless Tobacco - MedlinePlusRecent research shows the dangers of smokeless tobacco may go beyond the mouth. It might also play a role in other cancers, heart disease and stroke. Smokeless tobacco contains more nicotine than cigarettes. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug that makes it hard to stop using tobacco once you start.
- Smokeless Tobacco Products, Including Dip, Snuff, Snus, and Chewing ...Smokeless tobacco is a noncombusted tobacco product. There are two main types of smokeless tobacco that have been traditionally marketed in the United States: chewing tobacco and...
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