Why should I quit

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The Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco

• Why should I quit?
• It isnt as bad as smoking
• I wont get cancer

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What Is Smokeless Tobacco

• This is a Tobacco product that isnt smoked in a
  cigarette, cigar, or a pipe
• Smokeless tobacco is put into the users mouth in
  between the lip and gum
• The user then sucks on or chews the tobacco and
  spits out the juices

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The Many Names of Smokeless Tobacco

• Smokeless Tobacco is referred to as
• Chew
• Dip
• Spiting Tobacco
• Snuff

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How is Smokeless Tobacco Made

• Smokeless Tobacco is made from Tobacco leaves
• These leaves are then dried and air-cured
• After the leaves are cured they contain many
  different harmful and addicting chemicals
• The final step is the chopping up of the leaves
  and packaging in either a bag or can

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Chemicals in Smokeless Tobacco

• Smokeless Tobacco contains four times the amount
  of chemicals found in cigarettes
• Some of these chemicals include
• -Nicotine
• -Carcinogens-cancer causing agents
• -carbon dioxide
• -carbon monoxide

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Common Myths About Smokeless Tobacco

• Smokeless Tobacco is safer than smoking
• Smokeless Tobacco is more harmful than
  cigarettes. It contains four times the amount of
  harmful chemicals
• All Major League Baseball players use chew
• Major League Baseball does not allow the use of
  chewing Tobacco by its players or managers

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Whats so bad about it?

• Smokeless Tobacco contains nicotine which makes
  it addictive
• Causes Gum recession
• Teeth abrasion
• Bad breath
• Tooth discoloration
• Bone loss around the
• teeth

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Causes Cancer

• Smokeless Tobacco is known to cause several
  different forms of Cancer
• Cancer of the Mouth and pharynx (throat)
• Leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can
  lead to cancer)

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The Benefits Of Quitting Smokeless Tobacco

• The health risks of getting oral and throat
  cancer decreases dramatically
• You wont have discolored teeth and bad breath
• You wont be addicted to nicotine
• Think of what you could buy with all the money
  you do not waste on smokeless tobacco

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Kick the Can- How to quit

• Pick a date and throw out all of your tobacco
  products
• Tell people that you are quitting and ask for
  there encouragement
• Find an alternative to spit tobacco like exercise
  or listening to music
• Use products like the nicotine patch or nicotine
  pill to eliminate the nicotine cravings

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• Tobacco use causes more deaths each year in the
  United States than AIDS, alcohol, cocaine,
  heroine, homicide, suicide and motor vehicle
  crashes combined..

If you know someone who uses Smokeless Tobacco
help them to quit, before its to late
If you use Smokeless Tobacco Quit
Tobacco ends lives
dont let it end one more