What Is Smokeless Tobacco? There are two main types of smokeless tobacco products: Chewing tobacco. Chew is available as loose leaves, plugs bricks , or twists of rope. A piece of tobacco is placed between the cheek and lower lip, typically near the back of the mouth. Saliva is spit out or swallowed. Snuff tobacco. Snuff tobacco is finely cut or powdered tobacco. It is packaged moist or dry—most American snuff is moist.
It may be sold in different scents and flavors. Dip or dipping tobacco and snus are common forms of moist snuff in the US. People take a pinch or pouch of moist snuff and put it between the cheek and gums—or behind the lips. Are Chew and Dip Addictive? Are Chew and Dip Harmful? Yes—there are many harmful health effects of chewing tobacco and dip, including: Cancer. Smokeless tobacco has high levels of chemicals and other substances that can cause cancer, especially mouth and throat cancer.
It can also cause leathery white patches in the mouth that can turn into cancer. It also makes it very hard to quit. Every time smokeless tobacco is used, the body gets used to the nicotine and starts to crave it. Craving is one of the signs of addiction. Another sign of addiction is called tolerance. This is when the body adjusts to the amount of tobacco needed to get a buzz. With continued use, more and more tobacco is needed to get the same feeling.
Many smokeless tobacco users say it is harder to quit smokeless tobacco than cigarettes. Some people believe smokeless tobacco is OK because it does not cause health problems from smoke and smoking. This does not make smokeless tobacco safe, however. Some smokeless tobacco delivers more nicotine than cigarettes, making addiction more likely. There are also direct effects of smokeless tobacco on the mouth. Bad breath. Smokeless tobacco can give you really bad breath and discolored teeth.
This will not help anyone's social life. Dental problems. Smokeless tobacco's direct and repeated contact with the gums causes the gums to recede and become diseased, leading to loose teeth. Many forms of smokeless tobacco also contain sugar. This mixes with the plaque on the teeth to form acid that eats away at tooth enamel to cause cavities and chronic painful sores. Cancer of the mouth including the lip, tongue, and cheek and throat can occur most often at the spot in the mouth where the tobacco is held.
Surgical removal of cancer is often needed, and parts of the face, tongue, cheek, or lip must often be removed too. A white, leathery-like patch called leukoplakia may form in the mouth. The patches vary in size and shape and can become cancerous. If you have a patch in your mouth, your doctor should examine it right away. Heart problems.
The constant flow of nicotine into your body causes many side effects including increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and sometimes irregular heartbeats, which may increase risk for sudden death from a condition ventricular arrhythmias in which the heart does not beat properly.
Nicotine poisoning. The new forms of smokeless tobacco look like candy or breath strips, making them attractive to all ages, even children. While tobacco from a cigarette tastes bitter and unpleasant, the new forms are minty and flavorful, increasing their potential for poisoning.
This means the eight products may be advertised with specific information about the lower risks of certain health effects using the products compared to smoking cigarettes. Federal law requires specific warning labels on smokeless tobacco. Learn more about other federal requirements limiting the sale, distribution, and marketing of smokeless tobacco. If you make, modify, mix, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, process, label, repack, relabel, or import smokeless tobacco, you must comply with these requirements for manufacturers.
This office also provides online educational resources to help regulated industry understand FDA regulations and policies. Learn more about required warning statements and warning plans for smokeless tobacco.
Note: On December 20, , the President signed legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raise the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years.
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