"I had my first chew just before my 17th birthday...I had been a smoker for over three years at that point...I did quit smoking eventually. Chew proved much harder for me to stop."

Factsheet from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Some of the ingredients of spit tobacco may surprise you.

The ADA joined 40 national health and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject a spit tobacco industry request to claim its product is safer.

Major league baseball players who use spit tobacco don't hit, pitch, or field better than players who don't use it, according to recent research.

Jeff Bagwell stops using spit tobacco after pre-cancerous lesions started appearing inside his cheek; story explains.

Magazine article on spit tobacco, its use in baseball, and how it's promoted.

Factsheet from the National Cancer Institute covers: seeing past spit tobacco advertising and promotion; myths and truths about spit tobacco; spit tobacco and sports

Scientific paper measures levels of carcinogenic N-nitrosamines in 5 leading U.S. brands of moist snuff.

The nicotine in spit tobacco reduces an individual's ability to perform complex tasks that require hand and body movements to adjust to new visual feedback, according to new research.

The Columbia Journalism Review is the premier publication on the web about journalism, for journalists; this column summarizes and criticizes several recent news stories on tobacco.

Collection of letters and documents submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding spit tobacco; covers policy questions, labelling, harm reduction, addiction, ingredients, and effects.

"Don't be fooled by the label 'smokeless'...the industry would love to have you believe that chewing tobacco and snuff are a safe alternative to cigarettes. In fact, what the medical professionals call 'spit tobacco' is just as addictive -- and just as likely to cause cancer and heart disease -- as cigarettes." The facts.

Factsheet from Saskatchewan Health. Ingredients, effects, disease, addictive product, quit tips, prevention.

Article about a program on "smokeless" tobacco.

Overview of plug, leaf, and snuff, and their effects.

Types of spit tobacco, risks, promotion tricks.

Transcript of TV show on kids and spit tobacco in Nebraska explores why teens have been convinced that chew is a safe alternative to cigarettes.

The warning signs of mouth cancer.

Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Pamphlet provides facts about spit tobacco, including its health effects.

Educational program designed to reduce use of spit tobacco, especially among children. Gassroots efforts to build a nation-wide network of spit tobacco education and cessation resources.

A study of Cherokee women in the U.S. showed the risk of breast cancer is nearly eight times that of women who do not use smokeless tobacco.

Posters, brochures, and pamphlets on the effects of the product, what it does to young athletes, a guide for quitting, and a graphic look at what the spit tobacco industry won't tell you.

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.

The tacts on spit tobacco, in response to an attempt by U.S. Tobacco to promote its tobacco product as a safe alternative to cigarettes.

Article in scientific journal. Tested several brands of snuff. Measured results in human volunteers. "Large amounts of nicotine were delivered rapidly to the bloodstream".

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.

Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported.

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".

An all-time high of $170 million was spent advertising and promoting spit tobacco in 1999; FTC report breaks it down.

National Cancer Institute FAQ on spit tobacco, health effects, and quitting.

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.

Monograph from the National Cancer Institute. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and recommendations. All downloadable PDF files.

Information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Tobacco companies keep secret the nicotine levels in their spit tobacco, but independent measurement finds high levels of nicotine and free-base nicotine.

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.

Outlines chemicals in spit tobacco and diseases it causes.

2003 FTC report finds that the spit tobacco industry has spent more promoting its product every year since 1987.

Texas coalition working to eliminate spit tobacco use in the state.

Information from the Academy of General Dentistry on effects of spit tobacco; mouth sores; double dippers; addiction; and kicking the habit.

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.

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.

Fact sheet from the National Oral Information Clearinghouse (NOHIC). In .pdf format.

Spit Tobacco is as dangerous as smoking - from the About.com Guide

Short article outlines the medical facts: half of all oral cancer patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis.

Column on spit tobacco in sports.

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.

Factsheet on spit tobacco product, what's in it, and what it does to its customers, featuring the story of Rick Bender.

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.

Health poster takes a close look at a fatal mouth cancer caused by spit tobacco.

Presents the case against recommending that smokers switch to smokeless tobacco products.

Presents the case for recommending that smokers switch to smokeless tobacco products.