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 Smokeless Doesn't Mean Harmless!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that a normal, 30-minute dip of smokeless tobacco delivers the same amount of nicotine as smoking three-to-four cigarettes. Using smokeless tobacco can lead to any of the following conditions:
- Cancer of the mouth and pharynx
- Leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can lead to cancer)
- Gum recession, or peeling back of gums
- Bone loss around the teeth
- May also play a role in cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure
Deadly Habit is Focus of Through with Chew Week  ( February 12 -19, 2006)
The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation has partnered with the Arizona Department of Health Services Tobacco Education Prevention Program to raise awareness that smokeless tobacco is not harmless.
It all adds up to one simple fact – getting “Through with Chew” could help save your life!
“I have seen it in my own patients. They think smokeless tobacco is harmless until I show them the changing precancerous cells in their mouth,” says Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation board member Dr. Jim Davis (Glendale), “Any one who uses chew, especially long-term or heavy users, should get an oral health check up. It could literally save a person’s life.”
Stop Spitting, Start Living
The Arizona Department of Health Services Tobacco Education and Prevention Program can help smokeless tobacco users quit and stay quit. For information about quitting and cessation counseling services around the state, visit www.ASHline.org or call 1-800-556-6222. Contact them today!
Our Goal
- Increase number of oral cancer screenings, provide educational tools for dental community to use with patients, and decrease the use of spit tobacco.
- 59%of Arizona’s high school children tried or use tobacco (8% more than alcohol or drugs) – CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Thank You Arizona Smokeless Tobacco Committee
- Scottsdale Healthcare
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Arizona Department of Health Services,
Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP)
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- News Radio 620 KTAR
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