What kind of cancer can you get from chewing tobacco?

What kind of cancer can you get from chewing tobacco?

Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common form of skin cancer and can appear almost anywhere in the head and neck area. Chewing tobacco users are especially at risk for squamous cell carcinoma inside their mouths.

Which is worse for your health smoking or chewing tobacco?

You might think that chewing tobacco is less harmful than smoking. However, evidence suggests that using smokeless tobacco products can have a similar adverse effect to inhaling cigarette smoke. It’s true that your lungs won’t be affected in the same way, but chewing tobacco increases your risk for oral cancers.

What kind of tobacco is bad for your mouth?

Moist snuff and snus are cut tobacco that can be loose or pouched and placed in the mouth. More than 30 chemicals in smokeless tobacco are linked to cancer 1 —smokeless tobacco causes cancers of the mouth, esophagus and pancreas. 2 Some dissolvable tobacco products can be classified as smokeless tobacco products.

How often does chewing tobacco cause a heart attack?

Chewing tobacco more than doubles heart attack risk. Chewing and smoking ups risk more than fourfold. Just one to seven hours of secondhand-smoke exposure per week ups heart attack risk by 24%.

Are there any health risks to chewing tobacco?

Get the facts about chew, spit and dip tobacco Some may see spit or smokeless tobacco as a less lethal alternative to smoking cigarettes. But these products are unsafe and directly linked to mouth diseases, cancers and other health risks.

How is chewing tobacco linked to oral cancer?

Studies need to be done on US products to see if they actually have reduced risk. In India and Sri Lanka, where chewing tobacco is used with betel nuts and reverse smoking is practiced (placing the lit end in the mouth), there is a striking incidence of oral cancer – these cases account for as many as 50 percent of all cancers. (WHO)

Is it safe to use chew tobacco as a substitute for cigarettes?

Chew is not a safe substitute for cigarettes. People who chew or dip ingest about the same amount of nicotine as regular smokers.2 Chew and other smokeless tobacco products are linked to cancer and can be deadly.

Which is less harmful chewing tobacco or smoking tobacco?

While not chewing tobacco, it falls under the broad umbrella of smokeless tobacco. Snuff is basically finely ground tobacco leaf that the users inhale, or ‘snuff’, through their nose. I’ve already mentioned that chewing tobacco is considered less harmful than smoking.