Snus causes oral cancer...after 70yrs of use

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  • lxskllr
    Member
    • Sep 2007
    • 13435

    Snus causes oral cancer...after 70yrs of use

    I couldn't read the whole article, since I didn't want to register on yet another site. Here's an abstract on 1 case of carcinoma occurring from snus use. I'll be 109 before I get cancer :^P Seriously though, it shows that while snus isn't harmless, there's worse things you could do to yourself.



    Oral cancer after using Swedish snus (smokeless tobacco) for 70 years - a case report.

    CASE REPORTS
    Oral Diseases. 10(1):50-53, January 2004.
    Zatterstrom, UK 1; Svensson, M 1; Sand, L 2; Nordgren, H 3; Hirsch, JM 2

    Abstract:
    Whereas the smoking habit has declined significantly in Sweden in recent decades, there has been a marked increase in the consumption of 'snus' (oral moist snuff). The use of this smokeless tobacco, exposing the user locally to carcinogenic nitrosamines, raises the question - will the increasing use of snuff eventually lead to a greater incidence of oral cancer? We report the case of a 90-year-old man who developed a localized squamous cell carcinoma in the gingival fold under the upper lip, at the exact place where he had regularly placed loose oral snuff for 70 years. Although this is a reminder of a prevailing cancer risk, the time frame indicates that the risk is slight. This is consistent with recent epidemiological reports regarding the minor risk of snuff-associated cancer in the Scandinavian countries.

    (C) 2004 Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd.


    Link to article.


    Edit:
    Tried to fix link...Unsuccessful :^( Copy/paste should get you there if you want to try to get whole report.

    Edit 2 (by Zero): Fixed your link
  • The Wolf
    Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 132

    #2
    I started when I was 16 so plus 70 years... I'd be 86. Not bad but I seriously think that even production of snus is banned (everywhere) after 70 years.

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    • phish
      Member
      • Jan 2007
      • 265

      #3
      The abstract sums it up really, apart from some gruesome pictures. He put snus in exactly the same position for 70 years so maybe it is a good idea to change it round sometimes Oh and he survived after having the cancer lasered out

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      • mwood72

        #4
        Originally posted by phish
        The abstract sums it up really, apart from some gruesome pictures. He put snus in exactly the same position for 70 years so maybe it is a good idea to change it round sometimes Oh and he survived after having the cancer lasered out
        Yep, 1 case reported after 70 years......Compulsive alcohol comsumption could have proved much worse than that! Here's to ASDA stocking General to people "seriously addicted to Nicotine" !

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        • Kindrd
          Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 266

          #5
          Thats all they could come up with? Of coarse here, if you smoke and die in a car crash they count it as tobacco related death.

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          • chainsnuser
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 1388

            #6
            Not to mention, that snus, 70 years ago was not manufactured the same way as it is today. 70 years ago snus contained more nitrosamines than any modern brand of smokeless tobacco (maybe gutka has to be taken out of comparison).

            Cheers!

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            • littlesilverboxfromwales
              Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 118

              #7
              good point Mr chainsnuser. 8)

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              • Zero
                Member
                • May 2006
                • 1522

                #8
                Wow... one dude, who made it to 90 years old, after 70 years of hardcore snusing. Why don't I just jump in front of a train now and end it the quick way, eh? :lol: :lol:

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                • littlesilverboxfromwales
                  Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 118

                  #9
                  Just not my train :shock: :shock: :lol:

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