Smokeless tobacco poses health risks, especially for young users. Despite anti-smoking campaigns, there is less awareness of the dangers of smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco users have a 50% higher risk of oral cancer than non-users. The US Department of Health and Human Services classifies smokeless tobacco as a known carcinogen. A dentist warns that there is no safe way to use nicotine through smokeless tobacco products like chewing tobacco or snuff.

1. Smokeless Tobacco and
Oral Cancer
Steven Kizior

2. Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer
Despite the slew of ads against smoking, there is far less public
outcry against smokeless tobacco, a thorn in the side of Raleigh
dentist Steven Kizior, DDS. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation,
first-time users of smokeless tobacco are, on average, just 10 years
old, and young women are opting for smokeless tobacco to help
them lose weight.

3. Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer
There is no doubt smokeless tobacco is dangerous; the American
Cancer Society noted in 1998, that snuff users are at a 50 percent
higher risk of developing oral cancer than non-tobacco users. In even
stronger terminology, in December 2002, the United States
Department of Health and Human Services released its report on
carcinogens and stated that smokeless tobacco is, indeed, a known
carcinogen.

4. Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer
According to Dr. Steven J. Kizior, smokeless tobacco is also known as
chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, spit or spitting tobacco, dip, chew,
snuff, or snus. Steven Kizior emphasizes to his patients that there is
no safe way to use nicotine, especially not via smokeless tobacco.