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This is a pretty bad thing to deal with. My dad is using that stuff. Hopefully I can get him off before it gets him too. I think this story is going to change the minds of evryone that is dealing with tobacco. This tobacco stuff is not something to deal with. I thank you all for this message.

A.E.W.

I have been chewing for a very long time,and i just recently quit.My lip has been getting sore from dippen alot so i quit it has been real hard to stop but i did its been a month.but now looks like lip is healing up but i have a sore throat that i had for a week or too. been to the doctor they said i have a sines infection that why i have a sore throat so im taking med.But u know what i think it is something else i can feel it and its scares me im goin to wait another month and if it doesent go away im goin in. I've been chewin since i was 16yrs old now im 32. maybe im freakin out or just paranoid but i pray that its not cancer i go to the dentis to get my teeth clean and they tell me that my lip is pre cancer but other then that my teeth are okay i guess whta im tryin to say is i know how much u like chewin,because i do its not worth it so try to stop i did god bless.

I've been chewing since I was 13 and just recent a can would only last two days or less, I'm only 18 but my cousin and best friend just had news he has signs in his mouth and most likely has a small area of cancer. I dropped it in a day, its real hard and I've taken to weights to get my mind off it. I hope the facts and pictures wake up more people to the horror that is to come if they dont stop.

thats what he gets

My husband dips a lot. I wanna say 1-2 cans a day. I am scared for him and want to print off some stories to make him realize what he is doing to himself. If you hae any good stories or pictures please email me at km_whiteley@hotmail.com. Thanks!!

I chew tobacco every day. started when i was twelve. dont plan on stopping anytime soon.

Craig why did you bother to leave a comment, just to prove your ignorance?

Craig I just want to say thanks for that information you are giving, many people don't really know about the danger of chewing tobacco. and if they have the info. and they want to do it well that is their desition and they will have to deal with it later sorry and thanks...

to star off i would like to say canned tobacco is not chew its dip, bagged and bars of tabacco are chew. I am a current tobacco user and I would like to say just because rick bender got mouth cancer doesnt mean everyone will get it, somepeople smoke and dip/chew for years and have not sideaffects to it. I know its a big risk to take but I enjoy it I know someone who had cancer and a chunk of his lip was taken out but he never quit. He said that wont make me quit il quit when im 6ft under. My point is just because you odnt do it that doesnt mean you can discriminate or talk trash about the people who do it and the product itself. Many smokeless tobacco users know about the side affects that can accure but their not worried about it and niether am I mainly because I rather get cancer from doing somthing I love than to get it anyother way..

I dipped snuff for a couple years, Only a couple. Recently at work I had a pinch in and my neck started to feel like it was cramping, In my throat region. Didnt pay any mind to it till the cramping lead to numbness almost in my lower jaw. I reacted and took out my rub. Talked to my mom and her first suspission was cancer too. I thought she was just trying to scare me. The next day I bought a new can and tried to dip it but the numbness was still there.

Needless to say I am in the process of quitting. At only 19 I have no room in life for mouth cancer. I hope Im just paranoid and this isn't anything serious. That way I get a free pass go.

I will also add that I was a proud dipper too, anytime anyone told me the facts I would just say "I know, I know" and thought it aint gonna happen to me.

I have been dipping since i was 15. Im now 25 and want to quit real bad. I spend so much time and energy on a daily basis just feeling around my mouth with my tongue and just worrying. Its not worth the stress yet i still do it. Ive succesffuly quit for periods of time then started back up again. Its a terrible habit. Not to mention how expensive it is up north here its almost $8 per tin. And Craig im sure you wouldnt say that if your jaw and tongue got removed. Im sure a lot of the worry is because im so paranoid about it because ive been checked and told i was fine.

I'm 18 years old, started dippin when i was 9, had my very first lipper when i was 6. It has been over a month now since my last can was finished. I was to the point where i was goin through a can and a half, or two cans a day. I didn't like the flavored ones, so i was chewin cope snuff. I recently had a biopsy done and i have to go in and get some cancer cut out of my face. I grew up around ranches, farms, and cowboys. Everyone i know chews, i thought it was something that i had to do as a farm-boy. I just want all the farmers and ranchers out there to see what happened, I'm 18 and have cancer. Just because your a country type doesn't mean your kids need to do it, so please stop them. Thank You.

I've been spitting since I was 6 years old and now i'm 18. I want to quit real bad.

Just wanted to say that this is a very hard addiction to quit. I started dipping in high school with hockey and junior hockey then quit or thought I had for about 8 years. I used to dip Skoal wintergreen and anytime I smelled wintergreen I would salivate and get the shakes for it - took a chew of Redman from a colleague and have been dipping again for almost two years with Skoal Straight, Cope, Skoal Vanilla and lately Skoal Bandits mint. Whether you quit dipping or not you will always be tempted by the smell and the sensation, - although I have a dip in as I type this..

I was in highjschool when I started dipping and stopped for 9 years then took a chew from a colleague and am now dipping again for almost two years. There are some nicotine free brands out there which might help you or a relative quit. It is suggested to buy the same flavour as you normally chew and using an empty tin create a 7/8 regular with a 1/8 tobacco free and use this for a period of time (a month) some of the non-tobacco chew to your regular tin and slowly wean yourself off the tobacco based chew by decreasing the normal chew with the herbal chew. It might take a year or so, but will be much easier than cold turkey especially for a long time dipper.
- Hoochsnuff
- MintSnuff
- Smokey Mountain Snuff
I have tried the Smokey Mountain Cherry and although the cherry flavour is disgusting I could not notice a difference between it and Skoal Cherry!!Hope this helps and to all those dippers who say it won't happen to me I hope you are right.

If you are going to dip, at least move it around. You might want to consider at what point it will take for you to get cancer not just in the mouth to either horrendously disfigure you or kill you like it has to many so far; you never truly understand statistics until you're one of them or experience it firsthand. Is it really worth that nicotine high for those short few minutes and then you tire? It's just not the addictive nicotine (which contributes to chronic high blood pressure and increased risk for cardiovascular problems) that's absorbed into your system or slightly swallowed, the other cancer causing ingredients like nitrosamines, polonium, aren't even listed since the tobacco manufacturers can get away with it, but not for food or even household/workplace chemicals. In fact, a recent list found more than 20 cancer causing additives in tobacco. Smoking or chew is a selfish act to those around you; think of the misery you'll leave behind when you're dead or disfigured. Look at the famous people who have died from it, and educate and look up the testimonies of those who have suffered to understand your risk.

i've been dippin for 2 years now and i had a friend loose his tongue i quit dippin last week after my tongue was sore

i had the doctor look at it and the test said it was a canker sore

still i wanna keep my tongue

but im done dippin and so should everyone else!

i just quit cold turkey after my bro got oral cancer and had his tongue cut out

i took an empty can of dip and filled it with coffee grounds

i know it sounds gross but it worked for me

and u know u might wanna try it

because i dont wanna get cancer and i dont want you to get cancer

so please find an alternative

not smoking

maybe a hobbie of some sort

im just 15 and i got a lotta life still in me

god bless

I just quit 8 days ago.....and it's killing me. I just cold turkyed it. I am pissed off all day. I don't want to give in now because it's been so hard but every it gets just a little better. Does anyone know when the hard cravings stop ?

I have been chewing for 3 years. I wish i had never started because it is impossible to quit.