Smokeless tobacco products contain harmful chemicals. Nitrosamines, which are known to cause cancer, are 8-100 times more prevalent in spit tobacco than in cigarettes. Spit tobacco contains chemicals, similar to fiberglass, which are used to create tiny cuts in the dipper's mouth so that the nicotine will reach their brain faster. Spit tobacco often contains much more nicotine than cigarettes, making it harder to quit. This doesn't count what I spent on burnt clothes, days off work because I was sick, and medicine.
Tobacco is the most heavily advertised product in the world.
Tobacco kills over 430,000 people in our country every year. Just one cigarette can speed up the heart by twenty beats per minute. Teens who smoke are three times more likely than nonsmokers to use alcohol, eight times more likely to use marijauna, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine. Smoking is associated with many other risky behaviors, such as fighting and having unprotected sex. Most people who quit smoking don't make it the first time.