Why quit using cigars, pipes, or chewing tobacco?
You can get lung cancer and cancers of the throat and mouth from using cigars, pipes, or chewing tobacco. • Health risks related to smoking cigars or pipes. Even if you think that you don’t inhale the smoke from a pipe or cigar, you are at greater risk for disease. Quitting reduces these risks in much the same way as in quitting cigarettes. • Health risks related to chewing tobacco. Using chewing tobacco (“chew”) or snuff (“dip” or “rub”) gives you a higher risk of mouth cancer, gum disease, and tooth loss.
