[Eat Shit And Die]

so i found this story about this guy who had mouth cancer, he lost some teeth and some tissue. turns out they removed some tissue from his leg and placed it on his cheek this was the result of chew/dip.

[Daley]

Interesting photos but who the fuck chews tobacco lol

[Eat Shit And Die]

I dunno it's kinda an old cowboy thing isn't it?

I'm UK and I've never met anybody that did it

[Daley]

Originally Posted by Eat Shit And Die ↗

I dunno it's kinda an old cowboy thing isn't it?

I'm UK and I've never met anybody that did it

Yeah I'm Canadian so yet to see that one in person lol

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by Daley ↗

Interesting photos but who the fuck chews tobacco lol

Here in SW MO, a shit-ton of people still use smokeless tobacco. I'm not talking about pouched, leaf tobacco (like Red Man or Levi Garrett), but moist smokeless tobacco that comes in a round tin, like SKOAL, Copenhagen, etc.

When I was working for Microsoft and driving all over the South-Central US visiting customer sites, I chewed for a couple of years to help stay awake while driving. That shit has many times more nicotine than a cigarette in each lipful. It was also popular in college to help stay awake while studying.

It's not just a rural thing, as I knew plenty of folks who worked at Microsoft's Irving, TX office who dipped smokeless tobacco.

I've been off that shit for many years now, but there are still a bunch of folks who still use that stuff.

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by Eat Shit And Die ↗

I dunno it's kinda an old cowboy thing isn't it?

I'm UK and I've never met anybody that did it

I think it surged in popularity when they made it damn-near impossible to smoke cigarettes. Small-pouched tobacco, like SKOAL Bandits, hide in your lip well and you can't tell if someone has one in. After that, keep an empty pop-can at your desk for the occasional spit and you've got indoor-friendly nicotine that is more satisfying than nicotine gums and patches.

Once I got off heavy business-travel duties, I cut that shit out. Maybe it's a Midwest-US thing. I've lived in North Dakota and Minnesota and they chew up there. Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas/Missouri, same thing. So I can only presume that the states in-between probably have folks who dip smokeless tobacco as well.

[Eat Shit And Die]

Cheers for the info

[vagabond]

A lot of farmers and ranchers chew- less chance of fire that way, I guess. Even some of the old gals! This poor guy looks real young. There must be more carcinogens in the stuff nowadays, you never heard of this 50-100 years ago.

[vagabond]

^ I'm talking about in PA and MD.

[Eat Shit And Die]

Or maybe he has natural susceptibilities to cancerous stuff.