Oral Cancer Survivor tells of Consequences of Smokeless Tobacco.

Oral cancer survivor lost 100 pounds and a year of his life as he fought oral cancer from smokeless tobacco use in his youth.

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Science & Technology

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• health
• dentist
• oral cancer
• smokeless tobacco
• dental office

[McCarlDental]

Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. The American Cancer Society, the World Health Organization and the National Cancer Institute have all issued strong reports warning on the adverse health effects of smokeless tobacco. Harmful health effects of smokeless tobacco include: mouth, tongue and throat cancer, cancer in the esophagus, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, increased risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke.

[adubrd1223]

he says he smoked cigarettes for 42 years.... now im not saying it couldn't have been the skoal, but research overwhelmingly shows cigarettes to be more dangerous and many studies link cigarettes to a much higher chance of oral cancer... so my thought is, was it the skoal or the cigarettes? obviously, both are dangerous, but cigarettes seem to be much more so. the leukoplakia from snuff only has a 3-5% chance of developing into cancer. just makes you wonder how often snuff use turns this bad...