Red, velvety patches on the buccal mucosa of a patient who uses smokeless tobacco is suggestive of oral cancer.
Tobacco products which are used in a manner that does not involve smoking are termed as smokeless tobacco. The most typical smokeless tobaccos include chewing tobacco, snuff, topical tobacco paste, etc.
There are over 25 chemicals in smokeless tobacco which can cause cancer. Use of smokeless tobacco has been associated with a probability of oral cancer.
Smokeless tobacco can lead to cancer of the oral tissues as well as pharynx, oral soft tissue lesions such as leukoplakia, periodontal disease, gingivitis, dental caries, halitosis, etc.
It can also cause nicotine addiction and has been linked with low birth-weight babies as well as pancreatic cancer.
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