Let’s take a look at a couple of chewing tobacco-related facts: In both cases, you’re likely to end up dead because of it. It’s like comparing getting hit by a car going 50 mph or a bus going equally fast. While there is some truth in that (it has not been linked to lung cancer, which seems to be caused by combustible cigarettes and cigars, at least when examined in the context of tobacco consumption), saying that it’s less harmful than cigarettes is ridiculous. I’ve already mentioned that chewing tobacco is considered less harmful than smoking. Snuff is basically finely ground tobacco leaf that the users inhale, or ‘snuff’, through their nose. While not chewing tobacco, it falls under the broad umbrella of smokeless tobacco. In recent years, we’ve been seeing a rise in the use of snuff tobacco as well. Today, it’s known by many names, such as chaw, daps, dip, chew, and others. Soldiers, sports players ( baseball players in particular), dignitaries – well, we can say that they are partly to blame for popularizing it. Quickly after that, the chewing practice spread across the world. The recipe has remained pretty much the same since then, with different manufacturers adding their own proprietary twists. Their tobacco was smoke-dried and spices and sugar were added to it to make it more palatable. They refined the process because they didn’t like the taste of raw tobacco leaves. Native Americans did use smoking in religious ceremonies, but we can’t really link chewing tobacco with that.Ĭhewing tobacco spread worldwide with the arrival of the first colonists. Whether it was feeding an addiction or a religious practice, it’s difficult to say. They would chew the bitter leaves of the tobacco plant, often unprocessed and unrefined, to extract nicotine. History of Chewing TobaccoĬhewing tobacco has a long and interesting history that dates back to the Native peoples of the Americas. On the other hand, recent vape-related studies are mostly cautiously positive, with researchers finding it difficult to link vaping to major health conditions. It contains at least 28 known carcinogens and causes short and long-term health problems.
This is an extremely dangerous practice since most medical experts agree that chewing tobacco is at least as addictive as smoking.
I’ve even seen it (and other smokeless tobacco products, such as snuff) compared to electronic cigarettes, just because they don’t produce smoke. Chewing tobacco has been making a comeback in recent years, in part thanks to it being promoted as a safer alternative to smoking. However, while the use of combustible cigarettes seems to be going down, a much more sinister practice is on the rise. We still have a long way to go, but, at least, we seem to be on the right path. Numerous health organizations are joining in holding rallies, quit campaigns, producing anti-smoking commercials, and so on. In the past several years, the war on smoking has been intensifying ever so slightly.
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