Smokeless tobacco saves lives
When it comes to some people 's opinion about tobacco they just think it is all terrible; however, many doctors have proven that it is not the case with smokeless tobacco. There are people in the world who say smokeless tobacco is awful because it causes mouth cancer, tooth loss, and gum disease because they have listened to the anti-tobacco corporations and the incorrect warning labels. There are also doctors and businesses in several countries that have proven that it does not cause any of these medical problems. Instead of people assuming that they should cut out all tobacco products, they should try to educate themselves in the benefits of chewing tobacco. In the end people will find that smokeless tobacco
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Many people in this country have listened to the anti-tobacco corporations saying for years that all tobacco products cause mouth cancer, while the corporations are correct in saying smoking causes mouth cancer because it is in fact the leading driver of mouth cancer, they are incorrect in saying smokeless tobacco causes mouth cancer. According to Brad Rodu, a renowned oral pathologist who has studied the benefits of smokeless tobacco over smoking for twenty years, “The risk of mouth cancer among smokeless tobacco users is extremely low – certainly lower than the risk of smoking-related diseases among smokers.” Dr. Rodu says in his interview with the CEO and founder of Mud Jug, Darcy Compton, that smoking actually causes ninety percent of mouth cancer, after that is drinking alcohol, HIV, even eating an apple and chewing tobacco. In fact, according to Dr. Rodu, chewing tobacco’s risks for mouth cancer are so low that they cannot be distinguished from that of a person who does not do any of these harmful products. While doctors have found that smokeless tobacco can cause leukoplakia, a mucous membrane disorder characterized by white patches, especially on the cheek and tongue, they still find that smokeless tobacco is ninety-eight percent safer than smoking. According to Carl V. Phillips, “oral leukoplakia occurs commonly in smokeless tobacco users, but it primarily represents irritation …show more content…
According to Dr. Rodu, “all of the misinformation about dipping and chewing is from a study done in 1981 about powdered dry snuff.” If the anti-tobacco corporations are going to be giving modern day people information about why smokeless tobacco is bad for them, they need to be giving out information from recent studies on actual smokeless tobacco users. Swedish Match, a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes snus, moist snuff, and chewing tobacco, wants to have the warning label read, “This product is not a safe alternative to smoking” changed to read that, although smokeless tobacco is not the safest option, it is a safer alternative to smoking. Unfortunately corporations are not allowed promote any tobacco products since that is illegal, they should be able point out that smokeless tobacco is less harmful than smoking. The users of smokeless tobacco along with all of the people who are strongly against chewing tobacco can see from the research that Dr. Rodu and research that has been done in Sweden that the warning labels on smokeless tobacco products have no scientific evidence to back them
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Cigarettes have become a national icon, as big as the likes of cooperating giants such as Coca-Cola, as people are familiar with the idea of smoking from such a young age, becoming so addicted and subservient to seeing the act as normalcy in modern day America. Therefore certain solutions are needed to, at the very least, help make this icon less harmful to this country’s health. Both online articles, “Are Herbal and ‘Natural’ Cigarettes Safer?” by Ennis Thompson Jr.’s and “Marlboro Introduces Vitamin-Infused Cigarettes” by The Daily Currant argue that the so called “healthy” or “natural” cigarettes actually have a few health benefits and are only just a way to slow down the dangers of smoking. The Daily Currant makes a valid argument through
to the CDC, around 30,000 people in the United States learn they have mouth or throat cancers and about 8,000 of those hard working Americans lose their life. Sadly, only half of the people diagnosed with cancer from this habit do not live longer than five years. The side effects that are most noticeable are usually stained teeth and poor dental health. Small ...
Encyclopaedia of Children’s (2013) stated that smoking is a form of inhalation of smoking from different forms of tobacco which include cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Cancer Research (2012) and the World Health Organisation (2013) have confirmed that most tobacco products contain very high level of nicotine which can have additive effect and are made from tobacco leaf which are s...
Smokeless tobacco includes two main categories, which are chewing tobacco and snuff. Chewing tobacco is typically composed of loose tobacco leaves, and snuff is ground up tobacco leaves that can come dry, moist, or in pouches. The nicotine in this drug enters through mouth tissue. According to the CDC, in 2012 about four in every 100 adults used smokeless tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Some of the damaging effects on the body are tooth loss, cavities, and decay, bone loss at the roots of teeth, mouth lesions, receding gums, and hypertension. Smokeless tobacco also causes many forms of cancer like mouth, gum, and esophageal cancer, as well as heart disease, stroke, leukoplakia, etc. (American Cancer Society, 2013). Contrary to some viewpoints, smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking. Both tobacco products are detrimental on the body. There are more deaths associated with cigarette smoking than with smokeless tobacco use, however both forms of tobacco cause harm on the body and death (American Cancer Society,
Smoking cigarettes is a detrimental practice not only to the smoker, but also to everyone around the smoker. According to an article from the American Lung Association, “Health Effects” (n.d.), “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., causing over 438,000 deaths per year”. The umbrella term for tobacco use includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, e-cigs and chewing tobacco. While tobacco causes adverse health consequences, it also has been a unifying factor for change in public health. While the tobacco industries targets specific populations, public health specifically targets smokers, possible smokers, and the public to influence cessation, policies and education.
Around the world it is known that tobacco products can be harmful to your body. Globally, tobacco is the leading cause of certain cancers and heart diseases. Some people may not realize that the ingredients in a cigarette are not only harming their heart, but also their mouth. Cancers can first be detected in the oral cavity since it is the spot that cigarette smoke hits first. Although smoking and tobacco use has gone down in the past years people find that it is very hard to quit. Because of this, they turn to electronic cigarettes. But what if these “e-cigs” are just as harmful to the mouth as a normal cigarette?
Introduction: Using smokeless tobacco is nothing to smile about. It's a habit that can ruin your health and your life. It's as addictive as cigarettes and twice as dangerous. And there's a very good chance you will get cancer. if you use it, stop now. If you don't use it, don't start! Using smokeless tobacco is not only devastating to your personal health, plainly, it is a nasty habit. Spitting just isn't a classy or attractive habit. Face it, Smokeless tobacco poses many threats to the health of its users.
Discussion Alternatives to smoking Effects of an e-cigarette E-cigarettes, or rather the liquid that is vapourised, have been found to contain two TSNA’s (tobacco-specific nitrosamines). These TSNA’s, Nicotine-derived nitrosamine ketone and N-Nitrosonornicotine, are proven as two of the most carcinogenic of the TSNA’s. This shows that despite being advertised as a more ‘clean’ alternative to cigarettes, they contain some of the same substances that make smoking the danger that it is today. E-cigarettes also contain nicotine. Furthermore, many e-cigarettes have been tested for their contents, with great variation between the levels of nicotine within the e-juice.
Experiencing the death of a loved one is never easy, especially when the cause is something self-inflicted, such as cigarettes. Imagine if that loved one was your parent or even worse, your own child. Now, imagine watching the demise and physical incapacities that transpire while you see them deteriorate right in front of you. Feel the anger that would coarse through your veins if you were to see an add that glamorized such deadly instruments, particularly once you realize that the areas being marketed are lower class. Cigarettes are legal killers that cripple many individuals and families alike. They are a highly addictive substance that benefit no one. I am against cigarettes in every capacity as I have dealt with the effects of it on a personal level. Cigarettes leave a distaste in the mouth literally and figuratively. I am also a firm believer that
This year alone cigarettes will kill over 420,000 Americans, and many more will suffer from cancers, and circulatory and respiratory system diseases. These horrible illnesses were known to come from cigarettes for years. Recently the Food and Drug Administration declared nicotine, the main chemical in cigarettes, addictive. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the constantly warned about health dangers in cigarettes. Some researchers have also found out that smoking by pregnant women causes the deaths of over 5,000 babies and 115,000 miscarriages. The only way to get rid of the suffering and loss of life by cigarettes is to ban them. . For years cigarettes have been known to cause cancer, emphysema, and other horrible illnesses. The deaths of over 420,000 of Americans this year will be do to cigarettes. With all the other causes of deaths, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still count for more deaths than those do combined. We can’t stand and watch people die because they smoke cigarettes. Thousands of smokers try to rid themselves of cigarettes but can't because of additive nicotine. Nicotine was recently declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration, which explains why many smokers continue to smoke despite the health warnings on cigarette smoking. Nicotine makes it almost impossible for cigarette smokers to quit smoking because of its addictive nature, and with the cigarette manufacturers putting just enough nicotine in the so they cant be outlawed. The benefits of outlawing cigarettes greatly outnumber the disadvantages, for example, many scientists believe a link between smoking and a shortened life span exists between the two, a ban on cigarettes could increase life spans. Many studies suggest that billions of dollars now spent on smoking related. Smoking related illnesses could be reduced by outlawing cigarettes, families could save money by not purchasing cigarettes, and accidental fires costing millions of dollars caused by cigarettes would stop. Although a complete ban on cigarettes currently remains almost impossible, several organizations recently helped create a bill that could control cigarettes much in the same way the government now controls drugs. One such organization, the Food and Drug Administration, headed by David Kesslar drafted a major part, which would require manufacturers to disclose the 700 chemical additives in cigarettes, reduce the level of harmful chemicals, require cigarette companies to warn of the addictive nicotine, restrict tobacco advertising and promotion, and control the level of nicotine cigarettes contain.
“The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones” (Somerset Maugham). Almost everyone has good and bad habits, but the bad ones can lead to addictions. When it comes to tobacco addiction, it is a habit that leads to different diseases and causes death. Tobacco should be illegal. The American Lung Association states “There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes” (What's in a Cigarette?
Every year tobacco is responsible for over 480,000 deaths. That includes people who have died from secondhand smoke. When statistics like this exist it is hard to understand why tobacco is still legal. This number increases every year that passes and most people believe it isn’t shrinking anytime soon. Tobacco should be banned because it’s deadly to not only the users, it’s highly addictive, and the tobacco industry is corrupting information promoting its harmful product. Society shouldn’t have to deal with anymore premature deaths due to a lethal legal product. We should work towards getting this useless product banned everywhere.
But unfortunately I have no choice in most public patios. One says passive smoking but I want rather call it involuntary smoking .
Smoking cigarettes is a very deadly addiction that, unfortunately, 42.1 million adults in the United States and 6.4 million children have. The reason why so many people get addicted to cigarettes because of nicotine. Medicinenet.com says that nicotine is “Made by the tobacco plant or produced synthetically. Nicotine has powerful pharmacologic effects (including increased heart rate, heart stroke volume, and oxygen consumption by the heart muscle), as well as powerful psychodynamic effects (such as euphoria, increased alertness, and a sense of relaxation). Nicotine is also powerfully addictive.”