Statistics show that 77 percent of kids thought cigarette smoking was very harmful, but only 40 percent thought smokeless tobacco was very harmful. The truth is that smokeless tobacco use is connected with all sorts of problems.
Smokeless tobacco can cause bleeding gums and sores of the mouth that never heal.
It stains your teeth a yellowish-brown color. It gives you bad breath, makes you dizzy, gives you the hiccups, and even makes you throw up. Tobacco can be consumed in smokeless form as well. Long before people smoked cigarettes, they chewed, dipped, and spit tobacco, but people today still do. Some parents are mildly relieved when they discover that their teenagers chew tobacco or dip snuff.