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Smokeless tobacco use can cause serious health problems. Dippers can develop red or white patches in their mouths that have a high likelihood to turn cancerous. Smokeless tobacco use can also cause gum disease that can lead to tooth loss.
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Villa A, Villa C, Abati S. Oral cancer and oral erythroplakia: an update and implication for clinicians. Australian Dental Journal. 2011; 56(3): 253-256.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2012.
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Negative health effects from smokeless tobacco (including dip, chew, snuff, snus) use can happen at any age - even for teens. Smokeless tobacco contains the addictive drug nicotine. Teens are especially sensitive to nicotine's addictive effects because their brains are still developing, and this makes it easier to get hooked. Nicotine can also have long-term effects on your attention span, learning, and memory.
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Martin GC, Brown JP, Eifler CW, Houston GD. Oral leukoplakia status six weeks after cessation of smokeless tobacco use. Journal of the American Dental Association. 1999; 130(7):945-54. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10422398
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Harmful and potentially harmful constituents in tobacco products and tobacco smoke: established list. Silver Spring, MD: Federal Register; 2012. 77(64). https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-04-03/pdf/2012-7766.pdf. Accessed August 21, 2017.
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Trauth JA, Seidler FJ, Ali SF, Slotkin TA. Adolescent nicotine exposure produces immediate and long-term changes in CNS noradrenergic and dopaminergic function. Brain Research. 2001; 892(2):269-280.
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Holliday ED, Gould TJ. Chronic Nicotine Treatment During Adolescence Attenuates the Effects of Acute Nicotine in Adult Contextual Fear Learning. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2017; 19(1):87-93.
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Yes, you can get cancer from using smokeless tobacco. There are at least 30 chemicals in smokeless tobacco that are known to cause cancer. Cancers linked to the use of smokeless tobacco include mouth cancer, throat cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
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Secretan B, Straif K, Baan R, et al. A review of human carcinogens—Part E: tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, coal smoke, and salted fish. The Lancet Oncology. 2009; 10(11): 1033-1034.
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National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Publication No. 14-7983; 2014.
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Smokeless tobacco products contain a toxic mix of 4,000 chemicals, including up to 30 that cause cancer, such as arsenic, nickel, cadmium, chromium, and benzopyrene. The chemicals in dip can be absorbed through the lining of the mouth and by swallowing saliva that contains tobacco particles. Then, cancer-causing chemicals circulate throughout the body and may cause damage to multiple organs.
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National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Publication No. 14-7983; 2014.
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Nicotine is a highly addictive drug that teens are more sensitive to because their brains are still developing. Using nicotine at a young age can make it easier to be addicted and have long-term effects on your attention, learning, and memory that promote addiction to nicotine.
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Connor DA, Gould TJ. Chronic fluoxetine ameliorates adolescent chronic nicotine exposure-induced long-term adult deficits in trace conditioning. Neuropharmacology. 2017; 125:272-283.
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Holliday ED, Gould TJ. Chronic Nicotine Treatment During Adolescence Attenuates the Effects of Acute Nicotine in Adult Contextual Fear Learning. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2017; 19(1):87-93.
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Counotte DS, Spijker S, Van de Burgwal LH, et al. Long-lasting cognitive deficits resulting from adolescent nicotine exposure in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009; 34(2):299-306.
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Fountain SB, Rowan JD, Kelley BM, Willey AR, Nolley EP. Adolescent exposure to nicotine impairs adult serial pattern learning in rats. Exp Brain Res. 2008; 187(4):651-656.
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