1. Hey, c’mon now . . .
Just Spit it OUT !

2. Facts About Spit Tobacco
Use is rising among young males
Smokeless (spit) tobacco is marketed to young people through sports and athletic events
Spit tobacco causes disease, including mouth cancer and nicotine addiction
Users can successfully quit

3. What is SPIT TOBACCO?
chewing tobacco
dip
snuff
chew
spit tobacco

4. Why Spit Tobacco Use is Increasing
Increased smoking restriction in schools and public places, including worksite
Positive masculine image of spit tobacco use in advertising campaigns
Introduction of milder and sweeter brands
The suggestion that spit tobacco improves overall athletic performance

5. Yeah, a real major league role model
How They Hook You
Yeah, a real major league role model

6. How They Hook You
The following is what a representative of US Tobacco (the leading manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products) said about one of its spit tobacco brands:
“Cherry Skoal is for somebody who likes the taste of candy, if you know what I’m saying.”

7. Methods of Marketing Spit Tobacco to Youth
Techniques that appeal to the “individual,” “risk taker,” “macho man,” and “rugged”
Offer “free” gifts
Educate youth on how to use the product
Offer gear and coupons
Advertise spit tobacco as a safe alternative to smoking

8. Methods of Marketing Spit Tobacco to Youth
Location

10. Chemicals in Spit Tobacco Do You Really Want to Put These in Your Mouth?
Cadmium (car batteries)
Polonium 210 (nuclear waste)
Lead (decreased IQ in children
nervous system damage)
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
Arsenic (rat poison)
Cyanide (used in the gas chamber)
Nitrosamines (potent cancer-causing agents)

11. Chemicals in Spit Tobacco con’t.
Some smokeless tobacco products contain fiberglass and sand
That’s right, fiberglass and sand to cut the gums and mouth and ensure that users absorb more nicotine and other harmful chemicals into their bloodstream
– as quickly as possible

12. Health Consequences of Nicotine Exposure
Increased heart rate
Stroke
High blood pressure
Delayed wound healing
Peptic ulcer disease
Low birth weight babies and other reproductive disorders

13. Oral Health Effects of Spit Tobacco Usage
Stained teeth
Rough patches in the mouth (leukoplakia)
Bad breath (halitosis)
Receding gum line
Oral cancer

14. Not A Safe Alternative Spit tobacco is just as addictive as smoking
Spit tobacco use is deadly
Spit tobacco causes bad breath, gum disease, tooth decay
Spit tobacco has many of the same poisons

15. Not A Safe Alternative

16. Not A Safe Alternative

17. Not A Safe Alternative

18. Not A Safe Alternative
At age 12, Sean Marcey started using spit tobacco
At age 18, he was
diagnosed with
tongue cancer
At age 19, he was DEAD
A victim of oral cancer
A victim of tobacco.