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Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health

This online document addresses the short and long-term effects of nicotine addiction and the smoking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes. The negative health consequences of using spit tobacco, snuff, clove cigarettes, bidis and hookahs (water pipes) are discussed as well.

Review Date: June 20, 2012

American Cancer Society

Podcast: Stop Smoking and Chewing

A recent CDC study found that one in four people use some form of tobacco, such as cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco. In this podcast, Dr. Stacy Thorne discusses different forms of tobacco being used by adults.

Review Date: December 27, 2012

Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Quitting Spit Tobacco- (PDF)

Are you trying to quit smokeless or "spit" tobacco? Learn about the cessation process and seven steps to guide you to recovery.

Review Date: March 17, 2011

Oral Health America

Smokeless Tobacco

Find out how smokeless tobacco users run the same risks of gum disease, heart disease, and addiction as cigarette smokers, but have an even greater risk of oral cancer.

Review Date: March 26, 2013

American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers

This document provides questions and answers on smokeless tobacco (snuff, dip and chewing tobacco). Related health risks are noted, and resources that can help you quit are provided.

Review Date: December 07, 2012

NIH National Cancer Institute

Smokeless Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting

So you're a dipper and you'd like to quit. Maybe you've already found that quitting dip or chew is not easy. But you can do it! This guide is intended to help you make your own plan for quitting.

Review Date: November 12, 2012

NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - NIDCR

Smokeless Tobacco: Tips On How To Stop

This article offers tips on finding oral substitutes for smokeless tobacco that you enjoy, such as sugarless gum, hard candy, beef jerky or sunflower seeds. Nicotine gum might help you too. However, it is not a good idea to substitute cigarette smoking for smokeless tobacco.

Review Date: March 11, 2013

American Academy of Family Physicians

Take a Close Look at What the Tobacco Industry Won't Show You

A poster showing the possible effects of using spit tobacco, also known as dip and chew, snuff, chewing tobacco, and smokeless tobacco.

Review Date: February 18, 2013

NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - NIDCR

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