Did You Know . . .

Holding an average-size dip in your mouth for 30 minutes gives you as much nicotine as smoking three cigarettes.

A 2-can-a-week snuff dipper gets as much nicotine as a 1 pack-a-day smoker does.

Smokeless Tobacco Causes: BAD BREATH,
YELLOWISH BROWN TEETH, MOUTH SORES,
CRACKED AND BLEEDING LIPS,LOSS OF
TEETH, SHRINKING GUMS, HAIRY TONGUE.

About 70% of smokeless tobacco users get mouth sores.

SMOKELESS TOBACCO CONTAINS 28 CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS. IT IS A KNOWN CAUSE OF HUMAN CANCER.

 

Factsheets

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
The Toll of Tobacco in Kansas

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC’s Youth and Tobacco Information Sheets

National Cancer Institute
Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Smokeless Tobacco Factsheet

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment
2007 Tobacco Use in Kansas Status Report (PDF)