Surf these sites: ''Man without a face'' to talk on results of chewing tobacco -- "As a 12-year-old Little Leaguer, Rick Bender tried his first plug of chewing tobacco, emulating his major-league heroes. At age 26, he was diagnosed with oral cancer. He underwent four surgeries over the next two years and lost one-third of his tongue, half of his jaw and partial use of his right arm. Since then, Bender has dedicated his life to educating people about the dangers of spit tobacco." A girl and her chew: one woman''s story of spit tobacco use -- "I had my first chew just before my 17th birthday...I had been a smoker for over three years at that point...I did quit smoking eventually. Chew proved much harder for me to stop." AAP - Things You Should Know About Smokeless Tobacco -- Factsheet from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). AAP: Smokeless Tobacco -- Some of the ingredients of spit tobacco may surprise you. Chewing Tobacco Use Linked to Dental Problems -- Research report. First large scale study of spit tobacco and dental problems. Dose-dependent relationship found: the more you chew, the more cavities and decayed teeth. FTC: 1997 Smokeless Tobacco Report -- Numbers on how much the industry makes on the product, how much it spends promoting the product. Head and Neck Tumors -- 50,000 Americans will develop head and neck cancer this year; 5,000 of them will die; and most of this is preventable". Medical summary in simple language: things to look for. Hopkins Q&A: Dangers of Chewing Tobacco -- "Don''t be fooled by the label ''smokeless''...the industry would love to have you belief that chewing tobacco and snuff are a safe alternative to cigarettes. In fact, what the medical professionals call ''spit tobacco'' is just as addictive -- and just as likely to cause cancer and heart disease -- as cigarettes smoking." The facts. Obituary: anti-spit tobacco crusader Bill Tuttle -- Former major-league baseball player Bill Tuttle died in 1998 after a long battle with oral cancer. His life and death show what spit tobacco does to its customers, and how it''s promoted by its manufacturers. Oral Cancer -- Oral Cancer information on treatment, prevention, diagnosis, email groups, support groups, personal stories. PATCH Project -- The PATCH Project - Program Against Teen Chewing is a research study funded by the National Cancer Institute through the UAMS College of Nursing and the Arkansas Cancer Research Center. Our goal is to help adolescent males quit using spit tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco). This site provides information on how to quit using spit tobacco as well as the potential dangers of spit tobacco. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of moist snuff in humans -- Article in scientific journal. Tested several brands of snuff. Measured results in human volunteers. "Large amounts of nicotine were delivered rapidly to the bloodstream". Quit spit tobacco -- Dedicated to those trying to quit spit tobacco ("smokeless"). Tired of being lumped in with smokers? Read inspiring stories of people like you, who are trying to quit or have succeeded! QuitChew.com -- Sells herbs that you chew instead of tobacco. The usual testimonials. Makes a claim of 75% effectiveness "based on follow ups done a year and a half after purchase"; doesn''t say how many were followed up, how selected, or how quit status was verified. Smokeless Tobacco or Health -- Monograph from the National Cancer Institite. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and recommendations. All downloadable PDF files. Spit Tobacco -- Factsheet from the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery: what is spit tobacco, what''s in it, physical and mental effects, early warning signs of oral cancer, quitting tips, and at the bottom of the page, a highly graphic graphic. Spit Tobacco Prevention Network (STOPN) -- Features "the faces of spit tobacco". Also statistics on spit tobacco use, research links, and how to do an oral cancer self-exam. Spit Tobacco and Oral Health -- Alliance of the California Dental Association info on spit tobacco, health consequeneces, quitting spitting, and, if you continue, the importance and how-tos of self-examination. Spit Tobacco: Especially for Kids -- National Cancer Institute pamphlet. Covers product advertising and promotion, myths and truths about spit tobacco, and use in sports. Spit Tobacco: Know the Score -- Fact sheet from the National Oral Information Clearninghouse (NOHIC). Tobacco Education for Tobacco Chewers and Cigarette Smoking Cessation! -- Helping dentists & hygienists help their patients quit chewing tobacco and quit smoking cigarettes root 100 -- Ginseng chew; claims to be "a truly effective way to quit smokeless tobacco"; no measurements of effectiveness are presented.
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