Can’t switching to smokeless tobacco help me quit smoking?
You might have heard that switching from cigarettes to smokeless is a great way to quit, but that’s not all the experts say. When people want you to believe that smokeless is a safer alternative, they often quote a study emphasizing how many smokers switched to smokeless and then stopped smoking. What they don’t often mention is that almost half of the switchers did quit cigarettes but then they became permanent smokeless tobacco users instead! If you use smokeless tobacco to quit smoking there’s a good chance that you will be switching from one very dangerous addiction to another. And smokeless tobacco causes all kinds of cancers, like cancer of the mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach.
