Chew Week offers help to quit spit for good

By Dana Pyette

You can call chewing tobacco by whatever name you want — smokeless tobacco, spit tobacco, chew, snuff, pinch or dip — but don’t call it harmless. Whether you use chewing tobacco or other types of smokeless tobacco because you like it or because you think smokeless is safer than cigarettes, be forewarned — chewing tobacco can cause serious health problems.

Health risks of chewing tobacco and other forms of smokeless tobacco. While the available evidence shows that smokeless tobacco may be less dangerous than cigarettes are, long–term use of chewing tobacco and other smokeless tob...