Smokeless Tobacco - Not Safer

The AHA (American Heart Association) have released a policy statement about the safety of smokeless tobacco such as snuff or chewing tobacco and they have said that it is not the right way to cut the habit of regular smoking. Using Products such as snuff or chewing tobacco are harmful and addictive, and are not safer than regular smoking products. The Association also says that using these products can not only cause you to become addicted to nicotine, but it may also increase the risk of the person having a stroke, a fatal heart attack or developing certain types of cancers. The AHA also pointed out that the use of these products are increasing among teen boys that are seeking a "nicotine buzz". The use of these products has never been very prominent in Canada but there is a growing concern that it may start to be. Even young people that didn't smoke had turned to smokeless tobacco as an alternative. The safest way however of helping people who are addicted to any tobacco related product is to get them nicotine replacements and pharmaceutical therapies with the addition of counseling and support groups.

I think that this is great that this was released however, I think that this should have been released a long time ago and I think that most people knew about this anyways prior to the release of this package, just as they knew that smoking any sort of tobacco is bad. As for the rise in the teen boys who have used smokeless tobacco this should not happen and the police and doctors should be cracking down on this becase if it not healthy for a 45 year old man to smoke, than it oubviously isn't healthy for a 15 year old teen to smoke or chew. The doctors should take some sort of sample from the body whereby they would be able to see if the teen has been using tobacco products or not.