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Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
Ignorance prevails here: 1. Snus and Chawin'backy are NOT the same thing at all. 2. Smoking kills 3. Snus replaces smoking 4. Snus, according to extensive studies in Sweden, dramatically improves public health. You can attack Dr. Ross for saying the same thing, but it's still the truth. If you're still confusing spitting tobacco with snus, you're not informed enough to have a valid opinion on the subject, and should really shut up about what you do not know.— March 19, 2012 9:19 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
Confusing chawin'backy, which you spit, and snus which you do not, still shows that you haven't gotten the fundamental differences between the two products. You didn't do much research for this article, did you? If you had, you would not continue confusing these two things and basing your conclusions on this confusion.— March 19, 2012 9:17 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
Refried...you have NOT tried snus, you tried chawin'backy. There's a world of difference between the two. So it seems I'm still the only person commenting here who has any direct experience at all with this stuff.— March 19, 2012 9:15 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
Yes, I'm telling you that tar and the other "stuff" does NOT get into your body when you use snus. This has been studied extensively. Look at the evidence, PLEASE!!!— March 19, 2012 9:11 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
What do you mean by "major"? The EU has public health organizations who support harm reduction, and point to snus as a very good way to improve public health. What you really mean is that when you interviewed the standard suspects they gave you the standard totalitarian line. Did you bother to call anyone who actually studied snus? Someone in Sweden maybe? Would you like their contact information? They speak fluent English, so you should have no trouble communicating with them...or read the research I've linked to below.— March 19, 2012 9:10 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
It's not HIS opinion. It's the opinion of the Karolinska Institute, among others, that the evidence demonstrates the dramatic public health improvements Sweden has seen solely because smokers there replaced cigarettes with snus. READ THE EVIDENCE— March 19, 2012 9:06 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
WRONG It matters A LOT how you take it into your system. "Wicked"? Being moralistic and judgemental, are we? If you don't like tobacco in ANY form, fine...but don't condemn the rest of us for chosing a less harmful way to use nicotine. Your alternative seems to be "quit or die". No thanks. I can use nicotine and NOT die. That should make you happy, not angry.— March 19, 2012 9:05 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
The experts do NOT agree with you at all, Don! The experts will tell you that nicotine is NOT what causes the harm. It's the smoke that kills you. By delivering the nicotine without smoke, and without contacting your skin, snus can dramatically improve public health. What's more important to you? Moral purity (I oppose tobacco, so I'm superior!) or preventing premature deaths? If it's the second, you need to look at the EVIDENCE on snus instead of resorting to cheap ad hominem attacks. After all, if I'm in favor of snus as a replacement for cigarettes, does that mean I'm paid-off...or does it mean that I actually care about my health and did something to improve it. Yes, it would be ideal if I just quit cold-turkey. But since that didn't work, I'm content to use snus and breathe freely again while still using that evil nicotine. Condemning me for this, or saying that I shouldn't have this option and can either quit or die...that's callous in the extreme.— March 19, 2012 9:02 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
You're attacking Dr. Ross's credibility. I actually looked at the evidence. You lose, and Dr. Ross wins.— March 19, 2012 8:58 a.m.
Tony Gwynn got salivary gland cancer but won't denounce chewing tobacco
Public Health officials in Sweden certainly DO embrace snus as a replacement for smoking. They strongly advocate in favor of it, publicly, repeatedly. Is that because the doctors in Sweden are being paid off by big tobacco? Or is it possible that they are looking at the evidence instead of blindly opposing tobacco in all its forms?— March 19, 2012 8:57 a.m.