Is chewing tobacco safe?

Is chewing tobacco safe?

Chewing tobacco is a product used in a couple different ways. Many people call it spit tobacco because you don't generally swallow what occurs when you put saliva and chewing tobacco in someone's mouth, but chewing tobacco, or spit tobacco, sits generally in one place in someone's mouth. Most people don't have four, five or six places they keep their spit tobacco. And that place, the mucosal membranes and the gums around the teeth, react to the toxins and the carcinogens and many of the, for example benzopyrenes, which are known to be carcinogens sit there for long periods of time in contact with the mouth. You don't have that combination and end up with a safe product. One of the problems is that much of what is considered spit tobacco or chewing tobacco is fermented. So in addition to the products from the tobacco plant, you have alcohol. Alcohol and tobacco together constantly affecting the mucous membranes creates significant deterioration and increase the risk of cancer more than either one alone. So, is chewing tobacco safe? Not for baseball players, not for teenagers, not for anyone. It is not safe. It is not a safe product.