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  • Marv
    Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 47

    Cancer Scare

    10 years ago I was living in Stockholm going to school. I had just quit smoking and using american snuff. I was scared that I might have oral cancer so I booked a cancer screen with an ear,nose,throat specialist in Stockholm. The screen was good, no cancer. At the end of the screening the Doctor said- "If you need to use tobacco, use Snus and don't smoke. I have been in practice for 30 years and have never seen a case of cancer from Snus." :shock:

    I was completely astounded- being from the states I have always been told the opposite. After the doctor visit I started researching the differences and was very happy to discover he was correct. Then I got pissed off with all of the anti smokeless crap that we are spoon fed over here. Snus on! :P
  • aika
    Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 133

    #2
    Whew! Thread title had me worried bro. Glad all is well

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    • DraculaViktor
      Member
      • Feb 2008
      • 66

      #3
      Good to hear everything is well. Oral cancer is not as frequent in users of chewing tobacco as it is in smokers, and snus is light-years less hazardous than American moist snuff and chewing tobacco. I used to dip and I got a few scares here and there, but it was just my anxiety eating at me (as well as the dip eating my lip). It's disgusting that there is no real regulation on American moist snuff ingredients. It's junk, and yet still the oral cancer rate is not as high as one would think. So Swedish snus, since being far far less hazardous, is not surprising that it is relatively 'safe'. Good job on quitting smokes and chaw bro.

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      • STORM6490MT
        Member
        • Mar 2008
        • 138

        #4
        Re: Cancer Scare

        Well, you can't blame the American anti-tobacco advocates for ripping on american tobacco.

        Most cigarettes are tobacco that is made into a mash and chemicals are added. Then a paper is made and it is shredded into what looks like tobacco. Then the filter is questionable and buring agents are added to the bleached paper.

        Most american chew is the shit they sweep off the floor at the auction. It is still green and not cured properly in the shed. They put it into a fired oven to dry it out. Then all parts of the tobacco plant are shredded and put in a vat with other chemicals to ferment creating a slurry of toxins with mutagenic properties.

        Most American Doctors suck. They treat the symptoms with FDA approved pills. They don't attack the cause. I used "normal" doctors for years and now use a herbalist and a chiropractor. Much better results!

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