Effects of tobacco on fitness???
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ELIMANNING
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Forget fitness
What are you going to do when you have lip, tongue, or throat cancer.
That shit is horrible for you, stop it asap.
Sabre Star
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This just does not go hand in hand with trainer/living a healthy lifestyle bro.
Megatron28
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Tex: you just need to do a simple search on Google for the answers. For example, here is what American Cancer Society | Information and Resources for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Lung, Prostate, Skin says:
What kinds of illness are caused by oral or smokeless tobacco
Harmful health effects of smokeless tobacco include:
Mouth, tongue, cheek, gum, and throat cancer
Cancer in the esophagus (the swallowing tube that goes from your mouth to your stomach)
Stomach cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Possible increase in risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke
Addiction to nicotine (which can lead to smoking)
Leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can become cancer)
Receding gums (gums slowly shrink from around the teeth) and gum disease (gingivitis)
Bone loss around the roots of the teeth
Abrasion (scratching and wearing down) of teeth
Cavities and tooth decay
Tooth loss
Stained and discolored teeth
Bad breath
Mouth lesions
Leukoplakia is a white patch in the mouth that can become cancer. These are sometimes called sores but they are usually painless. Many studies have shown high rates of leukoplakia at the place in the mouth where users place their chew or dip. One study found that nearly 3 out of 4 daily users of moist snuff and chewing tobacco had non-cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions (sores) in the mouth. The longer a person uses oral tobacco, the more likely they are to have leukoplakia.
Tobacco can irritate or destroy gum tissue. Many regular smokeless tobacco users have receding gums, gum disease, tooth decay (from the high sugar content in the tobacco), and bone loss around the teeth. The surface of the tooth root may be exposed where gums have shrunken. All this can cause teeth to loosen and fall out.
Heart disease
Smokeless tobacco may also play a role in heart disease and high blood pressure. Results from a large American Cancer Society study showed that men who switched from cigarettes to snuff or chewing tobacco had higher death rates from heart disease, stroke, cancer of the mouth and lung, and all causes of death combined than former smokers who stopped using all tobacco products. It***8217;s unclear whether the heart disease was caused by the smokeless tobacco products in this study.
Later studies have found mixed results. Some show a slight increase in heart disease among users of smokeless tobacco. One Indian study that looked at countries where smokeless tobacco use is high found that the risks of heart attack and sudden death were higher in those who used smokeless tobacco, and even higher in those who both chewed and smoked. They also found more hypertension (high blood pressure) and clotting problems in those who used smokeless tobacco. Studies in Sweden found no increase in heart attacks, but snuff (snus) users were more likely to die from their heart attacks than non-users. Other Swedish studies have found that high blood pressure and heart failure are seen at higher rates in snus users compared to peers who do not use tobacco.
More US studies are needed to identify heart disease related to use of smokeless tobacco.
Carcinogens
The snuff and chewing tobacco products most widely used in the United States have very high levels of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) called tobacco-specific nitrosamines. These carcinogens cause lung cancer in animals, even when injected into their blood. There are other cancer-causing agents in smokeless tobacco, too, such as benzo[a]pyrene and other polycyclic aromatic carcinogens. These carcinogens may be why several types of cancer are linked to use of smokeless tobacco (see above list).
What kinds of illness are caused by oral or smokeless tobacco
Harmful health effects of smokeless tobacco include:
Mouth, tongue, cheek, gum, and throat cancer
Cancer in the esophagus (the swallowing tube that goes from your mouth to your stomach)
Stomach cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Possible increase in risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke
Addiction to nicotine (which can lead to smoking)
Leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can become cancer)
Receding gums (gums slowly shrink from around the teeth) and gum disease (gingivitis)
Bone loss around the roots of the teeth
Abrasion (scratching and wearing down) of teeth
Cavities and tooth decay
Tooth loss
Stained and discolored teeth
Bad breath
Mouth lesions
Leukoplakia is a white patch in the mouth that can become cancer. These are sometimes called sores but they are usually painless. Many studies have shown high rates of leukoplakia at the place in the mouth where users place their chew or dip. One study found that nearly 3 out of 4 daily users of moist snuff and chewing tobacco had non-cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions (sores) in the mouth. The longer a person uses oral tobacco, the more likely they are to have leukoplakia.
Tobacco can irritate or destroy gum tissue. Many regular smokeless tobacco users have receding gums, gum disease, tooth decay (from the high sugar content in the tobacco), and bone loss around the teeth. The surface of the tooth root may be exposed where gums have shrunken. All this can cause teeth to loosen and fall out.
Heart disease
Smokeless tobacco may also play a role in heart disease and high blood pressure. Results from a large American Cancer Society study showed that men who switched from cigarettes to snuff or chewing tobacco had higher death rates from heart disease, stroke, cancer of the mouth and lung, and all causes of death combined than former smokers who stopped using all tobacco products. It***8217;s unclear whether the heart disease was caused by the smokeless tobacco products in this study.
Later studies have found mixed results. Some show a slight increase in heart disease among users of smokeless tobacco. One Indian study that looked at countries where smokeless tobacco use is high found that the risks of heart attack and sudden death were higher in those who used smokeless tobacco, and even higher in those who both chewed and smoked. They also found more hypertension (high blood pressure) and clotting problems in those who used smokeless tobacco. Studies in Sweden found no increase in heart attacks, but snuff (snus) users were more likely to die from their heart attacks than non-users. Other Swedish studies have found that high blood pressure and heart failure are seen at higher rates in snus users compared to peers who do not use tobacco.
More US studies are needed to identify heart disease related to use of smokeless tobacco.
Carcinogens
The snuff and chewing tobacco products most widely used in the United States have very high levels of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) called tobacco-specific nitrosamines. These carcinogens cause lung cancer in animals, even when injected into their blood. There are other cancer-causing agents in smokeless tobacco, too, such as benzo[a]pyrene and other polycyclic aromatic carcinogens. These carcinogens may be why several types of cancer are linked to use of smokeless tobacco (see above list).
halfwit
I like turtles.
There isn't much of an impact, and the odds of oro-pharangeal cancer are actually quite low. But like everything else on the internet, there will be a bazillion studies proving that it'll kill you on your next dip, or you could live to 100. Slightly increased blood pressure and a more rapid response to stressors (when nicotine isn't present) are pretty much the worst of it. I've been chewing for 23 years and have yet to have a dentist or doctor tell me otherwise. In fact, our friends in the medical community tried to prove it increases cancer by running a study in Virginia as it's the state with the highest density of smokeless tobacco users.
Guess what they found?
They actually have a LOWER incidence of cancer than the US average. Go figure.
Source
I swear I read that the actual increase in risk is something to the tune of < 2%, but I don't remember where I read it, so I'll leave that to folks with strong google-fu.
My .02c
Guess what they found?
They actually have a LOWER incidence of cancer than the US average. Go figure.
Source
I swear I read that the actual increase in risk is something to the tune of < 2%, but I don't remember where I read it, so I'll leave that to folks with strong google-fu.
My .02c
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