Question: Is chewing/spit tobacco or snuff less dangerous?
Answer: The official line is that spit tobacco and snuff are just as dangerous and addictive as smoking and have dangers associated with them such as gum disease, tooth erosion and cancerous mouth lesions that can become cancerous. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research say the tobacco industry likes to call spit tobacco smokeless tobacco as it makes it sound safe.
Not everyone subscribes to this particular set of views or the implication that you may as well smoke as chew tobacco if the dangers are roughly similar. Researchers at the University of Alberta state that the dangers of chewing tobacco are overstated. Read their research.
