Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless tobacco products:

• are placed in the mouth, cheek, or lip, and sucked (dipped) or chewed
• cause cancer
• are addictive and contain more nicotine than cigarettes
• cause non-cancerous oral conditions, heart disease and stroke

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Fact sheets, surveys, reports and other materials on smokeless tobacco

National Cancer Institute

Questions and answers fact sheet and links to national educational resources

Spit Tobacco Prevention Network

Texas-based groups working together to incorporate spit tobacco initiatives into the activities of their individual organizations

 

Updated Thursday, 04-Oct-2012 15:54:21 CDT