Tenzing Jampa
12-21-2007, 08:43 AM
Hi everybody, I like to give some information about tobacco
# Chewing tobacco is highly addictive. In the duration of a half hour chew, the average smokeless tobacco user ingests an amount of nicotine which is equivalent to the amount in 4 cigarettes. It would take nearly 60 cigarettes to equal the amount of nicotine in a single can of chewing tobacco.
# Many users find it necessary to chew while they sleep because they have become entirely dependent on the product.
# Chewing tobacco, also called smokeless toba cco or snuff, contains over 25 carcinogens or cancer causing agents.
# Chewing tobacco increases the risk of oral cancers, throat and pharynx cancers. Oral cancers include those of the lips, mouth, gums, cheeks and tongue. Many times these cancers develop as unsightly tumors that need to be surgically removed. Quite often whole pieces of the jaw and cheek need to be removed as well, leaving the smokeless tobacco user with a severe facial disfigurement.
# In one study, as many as 91% of oral and throat cancer patients used smokeless tobacco.
# The oral cancer risk associated with those that use chewing tobacco is approximately 50 times higher than that of the non tobacco users.
# Nearly 90% of oral tumors are caused by smokeless chewing tobacco.
# o Symptoms of oral cancers include sores that fail to heal, sores that bleed easily, patches which are a whitish color, the formation of a lump or thickening in the mouth, difficulty chewing or swallowing food or feeling a sens ation like something is stuck in the throat.
# Chewing tobacco is highly addictive. In the duration of a half hour chew, the average smokeless tobacco user ingests an amount of nicotine which is equivalent to the amount in 4 cigarettes. It would take nearly 60 cigarettes to equal the amount of nicotine in a single can of chewing tobacco.
# Many users find it necessary to chew while they sleep because they have become entirely dependent on the product.
# Chewing tobacco, also called smokeless toba cco or snuff, contains over 25 carcinogens or cancer causing agents.
# Chewing tobacco increases the risk of oral cancers, throat and pharynx cancers. Oral cancers include those of the lips, mouth, gums, cheeks and tongue. Many times these cancers develop as unsightly tumors that need to be surgically removed. Quite often whole pieces of the jaw and cheek need to be removed as well, leaving the smokeless tobacco user with a severe facial disfigurement.
# In one study, as many as 91% of oral and throat cancer patients used smokeless tobacco.
# The oral cancer risk associated with those that use chewing tobacco is approximately 50 times higher than that of the non tobacco users.
# Nearly 90% of oral tumors are caused by smokeless chewing tobacco.
# o Symptoms of oral cancers include sores that fail to heal, sores that bleed easily, patches which are a whitish color, the formation of a lump or thickening in the mouth, difficulty chewing or swallowing food or feeling a sens ation like something is stuck in the throat.