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Chewing Tobacco; Oral Tobacco; Snuff; Spit Tobacco; Tobacco, Smokeless |
Chewing tobacco is a smokeless tobacco product. Chewing is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco leaves. Native Americans in both North and South America chewed the leaves of the plant, frequently mixed with lime. This method of consumption is associated with elevated cancer risk, as are other methods of tobacco consumption. Modern chewing tobacco is produced in three forms: twist, plug, and scrap. Twist is the oldest form. One to three high-quality leaves are braided and twisted into ...
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Resources
- ABC's of Tobacco (National Center for Tobacco Free Kids)
- American Cancer Society
- American Dental Association
- Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (National Center for Tobacco Free Kids)
- CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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- Name Your Poison (poster) (National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- Nicotine Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Nicotine Patch Helps Smokeless Tobacco Users Quit, but Maintaining Abstinence May Require Additional Treatment (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
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- NIDA InfoFacts - High School and Youth Trends - 2001 Monitoring the Future Study (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Smokeless Tobacco (Nemours Foundation)
- Smokeless Tobacco (Medline Plus)
- Smokeless Tobacco (National Institutes of Health)
- Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
- Smokeless Tobacco: Especially for Kids! (National Cancer Institute)
- Smokeless Tobacco: Quitting (National Cancer Institute)
- Smokeless Tobacco: Addictive and Harmful (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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- Smokeless Tobacco: Tips on How to Stop (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Smoking Stinks! (Nemours Foundation)
- Spit (Smokeless) Tobacco and Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File
- Spit Tobacco: It's No Game (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Spit Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting (National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research)
- Spitting into the Wind: The Facts about Dip and Chew (National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research)
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- Talking to Your Child about Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco (Nemours Foundation)
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