2007-01-27 17:53:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
The nicotine in chewing tobacco can contribute to cardiovascular disease. Nicotine constricts blood vessels which increases blood pressure and decreases circulation.
The nicotine stream from chewing tobacco is actually stronger than from cigarettes.
2007-01-27 18:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tobacco in the bloodstream can raise blood pressure which can lead to stroke eventually. But it's not as dangerous as smoking.
2007-01-28 22:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by cerlandsen11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tobacco use is ABSOLUTELY linked to a heightened risk for stroke, heart disease as well as cancer.
Here's a great medical link ( often used for med school research):
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/506976?rss
Also:
Harvard University medical research report is pretty darn credible:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/risk/tobacco/community/reduce_tobac.htm
http://www.acde.org/common/Tobacco.htm
http://www.tobacco.org/news/200059.html
http://www.smokehelp.org/html/safe_tobacco.html
I have a dozen more, but they all say the same thing.
2007-01-28 02:01:24 · answer #3 · answered by TJTB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicotine shrinks the diameter of blood vessels, could definitely trigger a stroke.
2007-01-28 02:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nicotine raises blood pressure and is a stimulant. Yes, it can contribute to a stroke.
2007-01-28 14:32:32 · answer #5 · answered by Amy P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not: http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/3/417
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/7/1754
2007-01-28 02:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. It causes bad breath and it could give u cancer in your mouth.
2007-01-28 01:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by unknown 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋