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“How to be Tobacco Free: Tools for When You’re Ready to Quit Spit Tobacco.”

Official Statistics:

1. Spit tobacco contains 28 cancer-causing chemicals.
2. The nicotine content in a can of dip is equal to 4 packs of cigarettes.
3. The amount of nicotine in one dip, or chew, delivers 5 times the amount found in 1 cigarette.
4. A dip in your mouth for 30 minutes gives you as much nicotine as smoking 3 cigarettes.
5. Spit tobacco users have 50 times more likely chance of developing mouth cancers than non-users.
6. The mortality rate 5 years after an oral cancer diagnosis is 43%.
7. Spit tobacco users absorb 2-3 times the addictive nicotine amount than cigarette smokers.
8. Over 45,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year. It will cause over 8,000 deaths, killing roughly 1 person every hour per day.