Baseball's Bad Habit - Magazine article on spit tobacco, its use in baseball, and how it's promoted.
Cancer Control: Smokeless Tobacco - Factsheet from the National Cancer Institute covers: seeing past spit tobacco advertising and promotion; myths and truths about spit tobacco; spit tobacco and sports
CJR - Darts and Laurels, Jan/Feb 95 - The Columbia Journalism Review is the premier publication on the web about journalism, for journalists; this column summarizes and criticizes several recent news stories on tobacco.
Comments to FTC on Smokeless Tobacco - Collection of letters and documents submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding spit tobacco; covers policy questions, labelling, harm reduction, addiction, ingredients, and effects.
Expert Commentary: Dangers Of Chewing Tobacco - "Don't be fooled by the label 'smokeless'...the industry would love to have you believe that chewing tobacco and snuff are a safe alternative to cigarettes. In fact, what the medical professionals call 'spit tobacco' is just as addictive -- and just as likely to cause cancer and heart disease -- as cigarettes." The facts.
A girl and her chew: one woman's story of spit tobacco use - "I had my first chew just before my 17th birthday...I had been a smoker for over three years at that point...I did quit smoking eventually. Chew proved much harder for me to stop."
Kids and Chew - Transcript of TV show on kids and spit tobacco in Nebraska explores why teens have been convinced that chew is a safe alternative to cigarettes.
'Man without a face' to talk on results of chewing tobacco - "As a 12-year-old Little Leaguer, Rick Bender tried his first plug of chewing tobacco, emulating his major-league heroes. At age 26, he was diagnosed with oral cancer. He underwent four surgeries over the next two years and lost one-third of his tongue, half of his jaw and partial use of his right arm. Since then, Bender has dedicated his life to educating people about the dangers of spit tobacco."
National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) - Educational program designed to reduce use of spit tobacco, especially among children. Gassroots efforts to build a nation-wide network of spit tobacco education and cessation resources.
NIDCR Publications on Spit Tobacco - Posters, brochures, and pamphlets on the effects of the product, what it does to young athletes, a guide for quitting, and a graphic look at what the spit tobacco industry won't tell you.
Obituary: anti-spit tobacco crusader Bill Tuttle - Former major-league baseball player Bill Tuttle died in 1998 after a long battle with oral cancer. His life and death show what spit tobacco does to its customers, and how it's promoted by its manufacturers.
Quit Smokeless Organization - When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Info and support from people who've been there.
Skoal and Urban Cowboy - A 1980 marketing report for Skoal provides an inside look at promotion of spit tobacco; in this report, U.S. Tobacco plans to link its brand to the popular 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy".
Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheet - Kinds of spit tobacco, promotion of spit tobacco, addiction and other effects of the product.
Smokeless Tobacco Facts - From the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology. Short factsheet covers types of product; prevalence of use; industry advertising and promotion; effects of use; addiction.
Smokeless Tobacco or Health - Monograph from the National Cancer Institite. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and recommendations. All downloadable PDF files.
Smokeless/Spit Tobacco Educational Lectures. - Rick Bender, "the man without a face," travels to schools throughout America sharing the story of his devastating battle with cancer caused by spit tobacco.
Spit Tobacco - Factsheet from the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery: what is spit tobacco, what's in it, physical and mental effects, early warning signs of oral cancer, quitting tips, and at the bottom of the page, a highly graphic graphic.
Spit Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting - Put together by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Dental Research, covers health effects of spit tobacco, addiction, myths and truths, quitting, extra help, and resources.
Spit Tobacco, Dental Health, and Cancer - Information from the Academy of General Dentistry on effects of spit tobacco; mouth sores; double dippers; addiction; and kicking the habit.
Spit Tobacco: Does Smokeless Mean Harmless - Mayo Clinic article explains why spit tobacco, also known as chew, snuff, or dip, causes addiction, disease, and death just like cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Spit Tobacco: Know the Score - Fact sheet from the National Oral Information Clearninghouse (NOHIC). In .pdf format.
Spit Tobacco: Oral Cancer by the Can - Short article outlines the medical facts: half of all oral cancer patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis.
Study Exposes Dangers of Snuff For Smokers to Quit - As tobacco companies promote smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to cigarettes, many smokers who take up snuff in an effort to quit instead end up using both products, warns a researcher. Furthermore, nonsmokers who use snuff are more likely than those who don't to eventually begin smoking.
Tobacco Intervention Network - Over 9,000 dentists, hygienists, cessation counselors, physicians, psychologists and other health professionals who want to help their patients quit the use of spit tobacco. How to quit spit tobacco, how health professionals can help their patients quit, news, and posters and videos on the subject.
Snuff and Loose-leaf have Big Nicotine Doses - Tobacco companies keep secret the nicotine levels in their spit tobacco, but independent measurement finds high levels of nicotine and free-base nicotine. (December 15, 2003)
Spittin' Image - Column on spit tobacco in sports. (March 15, 2002)
Chewing Tobacco Hampers Ability to Perform Complex Tasks - The nicotine in spit tobacco reduces an individual's ability to perform complex tasks that require hand and body movements to adjust to new visual feedback, according to new research. (November 17, 1999)
