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  2. Smokeless tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless tobacco (including products where tobacco is chewed) is a cause of oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer. [5] Increased risk of oral cancer caused by smokeless tobacco is present in countries such as the United States but particularly prevalent in Southeast Asian countries where the use of smokeless tobacco is common ...

  3. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless tobacco (including products where tobacco is chewed) is also a cause of oral cancer. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Cigar and pipe smoking are also important risk factors for oral cancer. [ 84 ] They have a dose dependent relationship with more consumption leading to higher chances of developing cancer. [ 85 ]

  4. Chewing tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Chewing tobacco is a cause of oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer. [20] Increased risk of oral cancer caused by chewing tobacco is present in countries such as the United States but particularly prevalent in Southeast Asian countries where the use of smokeless tobacco is common. [21] [22]

  5. Health effects of snus - Wikipedia

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    The scientific conclusions with regards to snus was the following. "There is sufficient evidence that chewing tobacco and other products of similar toxicity cause excess risk of oral and oesophageal cancer while, at this time, existing evidence does not support attributing burden to snus or similar smokeless tobacco products."

  6. Smokeless tobacco keratosis - Wikipedia

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    Generally it appears as a white patch, located at the point where the tobacco is held in the mouth. The condition usually disappears once the tobacco habit is stopped. It is associated with slightly increased risk of mouth cancer. There are many types of smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco is shredded, air-cured tobacco with flavoring.

  7. Snuff (tobacco) - Wikipedia

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    Snuff is a cause of oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer. [12] All tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, contain cancer-causing chemicals. [16] [11] These carcinogenic compounds occurring in snuff vary widely, and depend upon the kind of product and how it was manufactured. [19] There are 28 known cancer-causing ...

  8. Oral cancer - Wikipedia

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    Tobacco is the greatest single cause of oral and pharyngeal cancer. Using tobacco increases the risk of oral cancer by 3 to 6 times [20] [9] and is responsible for around 40% of all oral cancers. [21] Smokeless tobacco (including chewing tobacco, snuff, snus) also causes oral cancer. [22] [23] [24] Cigar and pipe smoking are also important risk ...

  9. Tobacco-specific nitrosamines - Wikipedia

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    The tobacco-specific nitrosamines are present in cigarette smoke and to a lesser degree in "smokeless" tobacco products such as dipping tobacco and chewing tobacco; additional information has shown that trace amounts of NNN and NNK have been detected in e-cigarettes. [3] They are present in trace amounts in snus. They are important carcinogens ...