![]() WALLACE: I'm a 16-year-old cheerleader who has strong feelings for the "young at heart" 27-year-old football coach at our school. Make sure your father reads this column - and your brother, too.ĭR. In 2018, thousands of smokeless tobacco users will die from cancer caused by "chewing and spitting." They didn't realize the power of nicotine until it was too late. Chronic smokeless tobacco users risk developing leukoplakia, a condition characterized by white wrinkled patches of skin in the mouth where the tobacco is held. ![]() Over 9,000 people die every year from oral cancers caused by smokeless tobacco, according to the American Cancer Society. Nicotine is an extremely addictive drug, and it is difficult to overcome. It doesn't make any difference whether it is smoked, chewed or dipped. All tobacco users can become addicted to nicotine. I talked about this with my dad, but he said that he chewed tobacco when he was 17 and it was no big deal.Ĭan chewing tobacco lead to an addiction, or is it, as my father says, "no more than a passing fancy"? - Anonymous, Charleston, W.Va.ĪNONYMOUS: Your father is mistaken. I told him he looks like a dunce when he chews and spits. WALLACE: My younger brother (he's 17) and two of his friends think they are cool because they chew tobacco.
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