Smokeless tobacco
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| Term | Smokeless tobacco |
| Short definition | smokeless tobacco - (pronounced) (SMOKE-les tuh-BA-koh) A type of tobacco that is not smoked or burned. It can be used as chewing tobacco or wet snuff, or inhaled through the nose as dry snuff. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
smokeless tobacco - (pronounced) (SMOKE-les tuh-BA-koh) A type of tobacco that is not smoked or burned. It can be used as chewing tobacco or wet snuff, or inhaled through the nose as dry snuff. Smokeless tobacco contains nicotine and many harmful, carcinogenic chemicals. Use can lead to nicotine addiction and cause cancer of the mouth, esophagus and pancreas. It can also cause heart disease, gum disease, and other health problems
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