Chewing tobacco has long been used in many regions and is often considered less harmful than smoking cigarettes. However, recent research reveals that chewing tobacco can actually cause cancer faster ...

Dr Joe Nemeth, a periodontist in Southfield, Michigan, has treated patients who developed striking white lesions in their mouth ...

Globally, nearly one in three cases of oral cancer can be attributed to use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut products, according to a new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer ...

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has upheld the state government’s January 21 notification prohibiting manufacture, processing, ...

The Orissa High Court rejected challenges by chewing-tobacco manufacturers but clarified that the state notification does not ...

Dear Heloise: My son and some of his friends have taken up chewing tobacco, which I find disgusting. My son is 18, and his friends are all around his age. While he knows smoking is a health hazard, he ...

The Orissa High Court has held that 'chewing tobacco' is a 'food' under the meaning of Section 3(1)(j) of the Food Safety and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who use chewing tobacco expose themselves to even higher levels of a particular cancer-causing compound than tobacco smokers do, according to a new study.

Sales of chewing tobacco are on the rise, and some public health officials are actually advocating it as an alternative to smoking — or at least as a tool to use while quitting smoking. It's the time ...

A team from the University of York and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), in collaboration with the ASTRA (Addressing Smokeless Tobacco and Building Research Capacity in South Asia) consortium, ...

Researchers at the University of York are calling for more stringent regulatory measures to reduce the health burden of smokeless tobacco, a product often found in UK stores without the proper health ...