Dental Did You Know

Smokeless Tobacco Use

While some may believe smokeless tobacco is healthier than cigarettes or other tobacco products, the American Cancer Society estimated that more than 39,000 people were diagnosed with oral cancer in 2011. Nearly 8,000 died of the disease in the same year. Smokeless tobacco use is thought to be behind many of these oral cancer cases.

Shockingly, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Study found that 11% of males in high school are using smokeless tobacco and four percent of male middle school students.

Believed to be a big influence in young men picking up the habit, Major League Baseball has begun to phase out the tobacco product, no longer allowing players to chew it or carry it in their uniforms while fans are in the stands. Follow the link below for the news release about the cessation of smokeless tobacco in MLB players.


http://www.deltadental.com/Public/NewsMedia/NewsReleaseMLBToQuitTheSpit201204.jsp



Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students-United States, 2000-2009. MOrbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2010;59(33):1063-8

Source: Delta dental encourages major league baseball to quit the spit (tobacco) (2011, April 23). In Delta Dental. Retrieved June 20, 2012 from http://www.deltadental.com/Public/NewsMedia/NewsReleaseMLBToQuitTheSpit201204.jsp


　
R. Eric Emery, DDSSmile Station Dental
2901 Dougherty Ferry Rd, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63122
(314)821-7100smilestationdental.com
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