Chewing TobaccoBy : Logan Hulstine

What is chewing tobacco?

Chewing tobacco is a type of smokeless Tobacco product. It's used by placing a portion of the product between the cheek and the gum or upper lip and teeth. It is usually not ground like tobacco in cigarettes, which means that you need to grind it up yourself with your teeth, bringing out all the flavor and nicotine.

Different forms of chewing tobacco:

Loose leaf tobacco is sweetened and packaged loose in aluminum-lined pouches. It is used quite a lot, because of its ease to take out of the pouch and straight into the mouth of the user.

Plug tobacco is pressed and formed into sheets, with the aid of a little syrup, mostly molasses. It is then cut into individual plugs, wrapped with fine tobacco and then packaged.

Twist tobacco is made by twisting it into rope like strands of fine tobacco, and then it's tied into a knot.

Tobacco bits/cuts are little individual bits of tobacco consumed one by one.

Normal chewing tobacco: this type of chewing tobacco is already ground up enough for you to just place in your mouth, and then the juices disburse.

What are the effects of these products to people?

Here is a video to show the effects...

What are the side effects of chewing tobacco?

Smokeless tobacco users increase their risk for cancer of the oral cavity. Oral cancer can include cancer of the lip, tongue, cheeks, gums, and the floor and roof of the mouth.

What are the cures to these cancers?

It takes the efforts of surgeons, radiologists, oncologists, dental practitioners, nutritionists, and rehabilitation and restorative specialists. You'll go through surgeries, and then for an assurance of the absence of the cancer you will usually be treated with chemotherapy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPXEl9DI_7U

You might be thinking...

As you can see from the video, chewing tobacco can be extremely harmful to your physical and mental health.

It can cause health problems but it can also cause DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Globally in 2004, 12% of all deaths among adults at the age 30 years and over were due to smokeless tobacco.

So you have seen the effects and what it can do to you. But why would people still do it?

Pretend that cigarettes are chewing tobacco

The main reason people start is because they want to look "cool", or they give into peer pressure. But after a while most of that does not matter. Most people can't stop because of the addictive drug called nicotine.

What is nicotine?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqJjYHidc4

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