interesting facts about smokeless tobacco chewing health Alliance Health Effects of Cigarettes: Cancer – Think smokeless tobacco is harmless?

and Sabri J., Effects of Ethanol and Nicotine on Human CNS Development, Reproductive Toxicology

Use your fingers or a fork to fluff the tobacco, maintaining airflow for even heating

For perspective, data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program at the National Cancer Institute reveal that there were only about 34 cases of oral/throat cancer annually among 100,000 men ages 40-84 years from 2001 to 2006 (see my recent post here)

Smoking increases the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, damage to the pancreas and liver, Crohns disease and gallstones

The stomach is a close sac, in which solids and fluids are mixed together, macerated in the gastric juice, and dissolved by the aid of heat and motion, occasioned by the continual contractions and relaxations of the coats of the stomach during the action of digestion