Do you know someone who has gotten cancer do to dipping/chewing tobacco?

Question

I would like to hear their story: How long they used smokeless tobacco, how frequently, the nature of their illness and recovery.

Answer 1

A friend of mine used chewing tobacco for ten years on a daily basis only at home. He was diagnosed with cancer when he had what looked like a small white spot on his tongue the size of a pencil eraser. He had to have half of his tongue removed. He quit using at that point. A year later he got another spot and had to have a big chunk taken out of his cheek. His face sunk in a lot and looked pretty scary to most people which made him not want to go in public anymore. He was only 42 when he finally died of throat cancer. Chewing was his only vice and other than that he lived very healthy.

Answer 2

I don't know his history but a lady I worked with years ago had a son who had to have part of his lip replaced with part of his butt cheek due to lip cancer from chew. Chewing tobacco is BEYOND foul, I would take a smoker over a chewer ANY day if that was my only two choices. Both are gross and bad for you but at least smokers don't carry around a jug of their own spit.

Answer 3

I have had numerous patients with nasty cancers from chew. Floor of the mouth, tongue, and gum cancers have a VERY poor prognosis. Patients often have terribly disfiguring surgeries, resulting in not only cosmetic alterations, but also severe chewing and swallowing problems. Most of them end up with a feeding tube and a tracheostomy. Forget about recovery; it doesn't happen.

Answer 4

My aunt dipped tobacco for many many years. We don't know how long she had stomache cancer, but she was diagnosed at stage IV. She lived maybe a month after diagnosis. Her son preceeded her in death due to throat cancer. He was an avid smoker and alcohol drinker.

Answer 5

There is a man who talks to kids about the dangers of mouth cancer. I can't think of his name but he started chewing when he was a teenager and when he was in his late 30's cancer started eating away at him and he had to have half of his face removed , some of his jaw, and a portion of his tongue and he talks with one of those throat things.

Answer 6

Yes. He used chewing tobacco for about ten years and ended up having part of the bottom of his mouth and chin removed.

Answer 7

Sean Marcy was the classic example. He lost half of his face and died.

There's more nicotine in chewing tobacco than in cigarettes, and it goes directly to your skin and blood stream.

Answer 8

Cancer of mouth or lip, not lung

Answer 9

it's gross! he lost half his face.