CHAPTER: 1356.1: Is Spit Tobacco Safter than Smoking

Absolutely not. Some wrongly believe that spit tobacco is safer than smoking cigarettes. But spit tobacco is more addictive because it contains higher levels of nicotine than cigarettes and can be harder to quit than cigarettes. One can of snuff delivers as much nicotine as 80 cigarettes.   About 440,000 Americans die every year from various types of tobacco use. The majority of these deat...