You can use a little spit tobacco and not get hooked. Don't be fooled by thinking you can use just a little and not get addicted. Because baseball players and other sports figures use spit tobacco, it's OK for you to use it, too. The baseball players who use spit tobacco say they want to quit, but they're hooked. They didn't know when they started using spit tobacco that they wouldn't be able to quit or that using spit tobacco is bad for your health.
Kids think more people use tobacco than actually do.
When you see so much advertising, spit tobacco for sale on the store counters, a lot of people who use spit tobacco, you may think most people use it but they don't. Since spit tobacco is sold in stores in the United States where kids shop and in areas where kids go, kids can buy spit tobacco. The Food and Drug Administration requires that sellers of tobacco ask for identification that includes the birthdate and picture of the person trying to buy tobacco to make sure they are not selling to people under 18 years. Even if you use spit tobacco, you can quit any time you want. Kids overrate their ability to be able to quit.