| You don't notice it so much today, with | | | | addiction also comes a tolerance to |
| the growing awareness of the dangers of | | | | nicotine. This means that over time, |
| tobacco in general, but years ago when I | | | | people who chew tobacco have to chew |
| was a kid, I recalled watching baseball | | | | more of it in order to achieve that same |
| games and seeing the pitcher on the | | | | level of satisfaction. |
| mound chewing up this big wad of tobacco | | | | What many people don't realize is that |
| and spitting it out all over the place. | | | | in chewing tobacco, unlike with smoking |
| I also remember hearing about how this | | | | tobacco, there is a great amount of |
| was so much safer than smoking because | | | | sugar in order to improve the taste. |
| you weren't inhaling all that smoke into | | | | This large amount of sugar eventually |
| your lungs. Well, a lot of time has | | | | leads to gum disease because it causes |
| since passed, and it turns out that the | | | | the gums to pull away from the teeth. |
| dangers of chewing tobacco are just as | | | | Another thing that people don't realize |
| great as the dangers of lighting up. | | | | is that chewing tobacco also increases |
| This article, hopefully, will alert you | | | | your heart rate as well as your blood |
| to those dangers. | | | | pressure. This can lead to heart attack |
| In spite of what people believe, chewing | | | | or stroke. Also, people who use chewing |
| tobacco is far from harmless. So if | | | | tobacco have higher cholesterol levels |
| you're thinking of switching to chewing | | | | than those who don't. |
| tobacco from smoking because you think | | | | Probably the worst danger of chewing |
| it's healthier for you, this couldn't be | | | | tobacco is oral cancer. This can be |
| further from the truth. | | | | cancer of the gums, throat, cheek, mouth |
| First of all, let's get rid of one of | | | | or tongue. The surgery required to treat |
| the myths of chewing tobacco. Not all | | | | those with oral cancer is dangerous and |
| chewing tobacco has to be spit out when | | | | can lead to terrible disfiguration. |
| chewed. Some of the tobacco companies | | | | Usually, these cancerous sores are |
| have come up with forms of chewing | | | | preceded by sores that are called |
| tobacco that are a lot less messy, but | | | | pre-cancerous. These pre-cancerous sores |
| no less dangerous. | | | | many times turn into cases of oral |
| One of the risks of chewing tobacco is | | | | cancer. |
| the same as with smoking, and that is | | | | And if you're wondering, oral cancer is |
| the risk of addiction. Just like with | | | | a terrible way to die as you literally |
| smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco also | | | | die one piece at a time as various parts |
| contains nicotine and this nicotine is | | | | of you are removed until eventually you |
| highly addictive, especially after you | | | | have to eat through a tube. |
| have been chewing tobacco for an | | | | The dangers of chewing tobacco are quite |
| extended period of time. And, with that | | | | real. |