Chewing Chewing Tobacco Tobacco Do u Do u Want Want This to This to B U?? B U??
Jan 12, 2016
Chewing Chewing TobaccoTobacco
Do u Do u Want This Want This to B U??to B U??
Causes Causes leukoplakialeukoplakia, , white white patches on patches on the cheeks, the cheeks, gums, and/or gums, and/or tonguetongue
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This occurs in This occurs in more than halfmore than half of all users in of all users in the first the first threethree
yearsyears
Would You Want Your Mouth to LOOK Like
This?????????
Constant exposure to tobacco Constant exposure to tobacco juice causes cancer of :juice causes cancer of :
EsophagusEsophagus Pharynx (throat)Pharynx (throat) Larynx (voice box)Larynx (voice box) StomachStomach Pancreas (controls blood Pancreas (controls blood
sugar levels, helps in sugar levels, helps in digestion)digestion)
** These cancers can ** These cancers can form within 5 years of form within 5 years of regular use**regular use**
Chewing tobacco users are Chewing tobacco users are
four timesfour times more likely than more likely than
non-users to have decayed non-users to have decayed
dental root surfacesdental root surfaces
Chewing tobacco also Chewing tobacco also
causes causes gum diseasegum disease
(gingivitis)(gingivitis)
Chewing tobacco users Chewing tobacco users
are are 50 times50 times more likely more likely
to get mouth cancer than non-to get mouth cancer than non-usersusers
Approximately Approximately 60-80%60-80% of chewing of chewing tobacco users have lesions in the tobacco users have lesions in the mouthmouth
11%11% of boys and of boys and 2%2% of girls in high of girls in high school currently use chewing tobacco school currently use chewing tobacco productsproducts
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