Did You Know . . .

Holding an average-size dip in your mouth for 30 minutes gives you as much nicotine as smoking three cigarettes.

A 2-can-a-week snuff dipper gets as much nicotine as a 1 pack-a-day smoker does.

Smokeless Tobacco Causes: BAD BREATH,
YELLOWISH BROWN TEETH, MOUTH SORES,
CRACKED AND BLEEDING LIPS,LOSS OF
TEETH, SHRINKING GUMS, HAIRY TONGUE.

About 70% of smokeless tobacco users get mouth sores.

SMOKELESS TOBACCO CONTAINS 28 CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS. IT IS A KNOWN CAUSE OF HUMAN CANCER.

 

Factsheets

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC’s Updated Smokeless Tobacco Factsheet

National Cancer Institute
Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Wyoming Through with Chew
Smokeless Tobacco Ingredients List (PDF)

Wyoming Through with Chew
Smokeless Tobacco: Lifesaver, or ploy? (PDF)

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Smokeless Tobacco Factsheet

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment
2006 Tobacco Use in Kansas Status Report (PDF)