- Obituary: anti-spit tobacco crusader Bill Tuttle
Former major-league baseball player Bill Tuttle died in 1998 after a long battle with oral cancer. His life and death show what spit tobacco does to its customers, and how it's promoted by its manufacturers.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/4/443
- Quit Smokeless Organization
When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Info and support from people who've been there.
http://quitsmokeless.org
- Skoal and Urban Cowboy
A 1980 marketing report for Skoal provides an inside look at promotion of spit tobacco; in this report, U.S. Tobacco plans to link its brand to the popular 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy".
http://www.smokescreen.org/list/det.cfm?listid=66&MessageID=225270&SearchString=
- Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheet
Kinds of spit tobacco, promotion of spit tobacco, addiction and other effects of the product.
http://www.costkids.org/tobacco/smokelesstobacco/smokelesstobacco.htm
- Smokeless Tobacco Facts
From the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology. Short factsheet covers types of product; prevalence of use; industry advertising and promotion; effects of use; addiction.
http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/smokeless.html
- Smokeless Tobacco or Health
Monograph from the National Cancer Institite. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and recommendations. All downloadable PDF files.
http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_MONOGRAPHS/MONO2/MONO2.HTM
- Smokeless/Spit Tobacco Educational Lectures.
Rick Bender, "the man without a face," travels to schools throughout America sharing the story of his devastating battle with cancer caused by spit tobacco.
http://www.midrivers.com/~nosnuf
- Spit Tobacco
Factsheet from the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery: what is spit tobacco, what's in it, physical and mental effects, early warning signs of oral cancer, quitting tips, and at the bottom of the page, a highly graphic graphic.
http://www.sinuscarecenter.com/tobchaao.html
- Spit Tobacco, Dental Health, and Cancer
Information from the Academy of General Dentistry on effects of spit tobacco; mouth sores; double dippers; addiction; and kicking the habit.
http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/tobacco/main.html
- Spit Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting
Put together by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Dental Research, covers health effects of spit tobacco, addiction, myths and truths, quitting, extra help, and resources.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health/newsandhealth/spitTobacco/
- Spit Tobacco: Does Smokeless Mean Harmless
Mayo Clinic article explains why spit tobacco, also known as chew, snuff, or dip, causes addiction, disease, and death just like cigarettes and other tobacco products.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=BDFA0D03-F8D7-42B2-A8D23038227F0F3A&locID=
- Spit Tobacco: Know the Score
Fact sheet from the National Oral Information Clearninghouse (NOHIC).
http://www.aerie.com/nohicweb/sptobacc/index.html
- Spit Tobacco: Oral Cancer by the Can
Spit Tobacco is as dangerous as smoking - from the About.com Guide
http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking/library/weekly/aa042699.htm?iam=dp&terms=tobacco+disease
- Spit Tobacco: Oral Cancer by the Can
Short article outlines the medical facts: half of all oral cancer patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis.
http://quitsmoking.about.com/library/weekly/aa042699.htm?once=true&
- Spittin' Image
Column on spit tobacco in sports.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2002/03/13/life_of_reilly/
- Study Exposes Dangers of Snuff For Smokers to Quit
As tobacco companies promote smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to cigarettes, many smokers who take up snuff in an effort to quit instead end up using both products, warns a researcher. Furthermore, nonsmokers who use snuff are more likely than those who don't to eventually begin smoking.
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20021024.133604&time=14%2054%20PDT&year=2002&public=1
- Tobacco Intervention Network
Over 9,000 dentists, hygienists, cessation counselors, physicians, psychologists and other health professionals who want to help their patients quit the use of spit tobacco. How to quit spit tobacco, how health professionals can help their patients quit, news, and posters and videos on the subject.
http://www.quittobacco.com/
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