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Chewing Tobacco; Oral Tobacco; Snuff; Spit Tobacco; Tobacco, Smokeless |
Chewing tobacco is a smokeless tobacco product. Chewing is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco leaves. Native Americans in both North and South America chewed the leaves of the plant, frequently mixed with lime. This method of consumption is associated with elevated cancer risk, as are other methods of tobacco consumption. Modern chewing tobacco is produced in three forms: twist, plug, and scrap. Twist is the oldest form. One to three high-quality leaves are braided and twisted into ...
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Smokeless Tobacco Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- National Center for Tobacco Free Kids http://tobaccofreekids.org/
- National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research http://www.nidr.nih.gov/
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