Most of the people might be very much familiar to this word smokeless tobacco but there are only few who really know the real impact of it. These tobacco products are sold in many different forms such as:
- Pouch tobacco – this is a kind of stringy cut of tobacco.
- Powdered snuff – this is finely grinded fine tobacco that is sold in tins or glass bottles.
- Moist ground tobacco – this product comes in round cans and contains as much nicotine as cigarettes.
- Plug tobacco – this kind of tobacco comes in a block just as a candy bar.
- Twist tobacco – it is a strand of tobacco which are formed into rolls then twisted and wrapped in plastic covering.
Is smokeless tobacco safe to use?
As per the suggestion of tobacco companies, these are safer to be used. But the smokeless tobacco is very much similar to smokeless cigarette. In many cases it is more addictive and leads to cancer due to the presence of high cancer causing chemicals.
The sale of this product has increased by 30% from last ten years whereas the use of cigarette and other smoked product have been reduced. And the use of smokeless tobacco will increase successively by 2 – 3 years in the misconception of being safe to use.
The regular use of smokeless tobacco causes oral problems such as damage in teeth line and gums, and decrement in the ability to taste and smell. People addicted to smokeless tobacco basically suffer from cancer of oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and esophagus. The use of this product also causes precancerous condition which is known as leukoplakia. It is a white colored leathery appearance of patches mainly on the lips or inside of a cheek which ultimately results in diagnosis of cancer in 3 – 5 % cases. As everybody is genetically different, some of the users use this product without getting into the disease of cancer while many of the people are diagnosed of cancer in use of this product for only a short period of time. For long term users the risk of getting soft oral cancer increases by 50 %. Therefore those who have the misconception that smokeless tobacco is safe to use, they must know that they are just exchanging the form of poison, but not the poison.
Other problems created by smokeless tobacco include gum recession which causes exposed roots and increases the sensitivity to heat and cold, loss of tooth due to damaged gum, tooth enamel abrasion because of the presence of sand and grit in the smokeless tobacco, discoloration of teeth followed by bad breath, decay of tooth due to the presence of sugar which is added to the smokeless tobacco for taste, decrement in the athletic performance due to the constriction of blood vessels because of the presence of nicotine, increased blood pressure as well as heart rate. Thus you should stay away from the dangerous smokeless cigarette always.
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