Is Chewing Tobacco Worse for You than Smoking

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Is Chewing Tobacco Worse for You than Smoking
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Smoking Tobacco The Health Risks
Smoking tobacco is widely known to contribute to
health risks, many of which can be fatal. Risks
arising from smoking tobacco include

• Absorption of dangerous toxins - When smoked,
  tobacco releases approximately 400 toxins into
  the blood stream.

• Production of tar - The tar produced from a lit
  cigarette is a carcinogen and is known to create
  a high risk of cancer to those who smoke.

• Nicotine addiction - Smoking cigarettes creates
  an unavoidable addiction for the user that makes
  it increasingly difficult to give up the longer
  cigarettes are used.

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• Cholesterol effects - Nicotine is also known to
  have detrimental effects on the body's
  cholesterol levels. Over time, a rise in
  cholesterol significantly contributes to heart
  disease. In the smoker, even after giving up, the
  effects can take years to return to normal if at
  all possible.

• Carbon Monoxide - The presence of carbon monoxide
  in the cigarette tar adversely affects the oxygen
  supply in the blood stream.

• Cancer - People who smoke are particularly
  susceptible to mouth/throat cancer and lung
  cancer along with many other cancers directly
  linked to smokers.

• Skin damage - Due to the poor blood supply,
  particularly to small blood capillaries, smoking
  can cause irreparable harm to the skin and
  complexion.

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• Chronic Lung Disease - Long term smoking is known
  to cause chronic lung conditions such as chronic
  obstructive airway disease (COPD), otherwise
  known as emphysema. This lung damage is
  irreversible and not necessarily associated with
  smokers in their senior years. For those with
  existing an lung problem such as asthma and
  bronchitis, smoking causes exacerbation of the
  symptoms and gives rise to frequent coughs and
  chest infections.

• Dental and oral damage - The nicotine from
  smoking stains the teeth and gums.

• Fertility problems - Couples trying to conceive
  may experience fertility issues if one or both
  partners is a tobacco smoker.

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Chewing Tobacco The Health Risks
The use of chewing tobacco is wide spread and
often wrongly used as a perceived "healthier
alternative" to smoking tobacco. The following
list includes well-documented harmful effects of
chewing tobacco.

• Addiction - As with smoking tobacco, there is a
  major factor relating to addiction. Becoming
  addicted to the nicotine component is
  unavoidable, and this poses major problems for
  people trying to abstain.

• Dental harm - Due to the direct contact of the
  chewing tobacco with the mouth and teeth, the
  effects of the nicotine lead to gum disease over
  time. Chewing tobacco contains a high sugar
  content and, just as with eating too many sweets,
  tooth decay can become a huge problem with
  prolonged use.

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• Heart problems - The use of chewing tobacco
  contributes to an elevated blood pressure and
  heart rate. A risk in cholesterol levels is
  another known hazard.

• Pre-cancerous mouth sores - With prolonged use of
  chewing tobacco comes the likelihood of
  "leukoplakia". These are small white patches on
  the inside of the oral cavity. These areas are
  believed pre-cancerous with a strong likelihood
  of developing into true cancer over time. Oral
  cancer can be extensive in people who use chewing
  tobacco, and facial disfigurement can be a
  secondary issue following necessary surgery to
  remove cancers that are present.

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