Smokeless tobacco can cause permanent gum recession, mouth sore lesions in the mouth, and cancers of the mouth and throat.
Smokeless tobacco is addictive. It contains nicotine, the same drug that makes cigarettes addictive. If you hold an average size dip or chew in your mouth for 30 minutes, you get as much nicotine as you do from about three cigarettes.
Facts you should know about spit tobacco. Often by the time the effects of spit tobacco are noticeable, it's too late. Mouth cancer is very hard to cure and can spread rapidly throughout the body.
The tobacco industry has seen the future and has been working to make sure it can continue to make big profits despite smoking bans in many provinces with new smokeless tobacco products.