Like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (snuff and chewing tobacco), cause mouth cancer, gum disease, and heart disease. Yet many think that chewing tobacco is harmless or less so than smoking. This isn't true! In 1986, the Surgeon General figured the utilization of smokeless tobacco "is not a safe replacement for smoking cigarettes. It could cause cancer and numerous noncancerous conditions and can result in nicotine addiction and dependence." Since 1991, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has officially recommended that the general public avoid and discontinue the utilization of all tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco. NCI also recognizes that nitrosamines, present in tobacco products, are not safe at any level. Chewing tobacco and baseball have a long tight affiliation, rooted in the cultural belief among players and fans that baseball players chew tobacco and it is just the main grand old game. This mystique is slowing changing with campaigns by ballplayers wh...
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