Increased blood pressure caused by nicotine in the blood stream. Can cause irregular heart beats as well. The risk of mouth cancer is four times greater for the smokeless tobacco user. It is particularly high where the tobacco is placed. The longer smokeless tobacco is used, the greater the risk.
Bad breath caused by chewing tobacco is socially unacceptable and offensive.
The direct and repeated contact of tobacco with the gum tissue causes the gums to recede from the teeth. This eventually can lead to the loss of teeth. This sugar mixed with the plaque on your teeth forms acids that eat away at the tooth's enamel, causing cavities. You may not think about the cost of sickness when you're young, but the problems will be obvious when you start paying taxes and wondering where your hard earned money goes. Lung cancer alone kills 136,000 citizens yearly, and most of those got the disease from smoking.