According to Dave Savoca, president of Sandy Hook, Conn.-based Smokey Mountain Chew, the moist smokeless tobacco (MST) segment is benefiting from this trend and continues to grow at approximately ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smokeless tobacco is just as harmful as smoking and can lead to cancer. It can also destroy gums and cause tooth decay and loss of teeth.

Using chewing tobacco, also called smokeless tobacco, is a major risk factor for oral cancer. These products contain high levels of nicotine and toxic chemicals that can trigger malignant cell ...

Overall use of tobacco products dropped to 22.4 percent in 2013 from 33.9 percent in 2001 among high school students. However, teenage athletes actually increased their use of smokeless tobacco ...

According to the CDC, combustible tobacco use among all high school students dropped from 31.5 percent in 2001 to 19.5 percent in 2013. But use of smokeless tobacco — chewing tobacco, snuff or ...

Al, type 2 from Wyoming, asks: How does the use of chewing tobacco affect blood sugar? Wil@Ask D’Mine answers: It looks like chaw, as my Southern friends call it, raises blood sugar both in the ...

Smokeless tobacco is big enough that it's the target of a crackdown. By 2017, ten major league stadiums will have banned it. My editors—who are all from Texas, for some reason—were shocked ...

Chewing tobacco still has risks October 6, 2024 FROM KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, 300 W. 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10019 ...