Oral Cancer - Cancer: Oral Message Board

James44_20 · 08-27-2003, 11:59 AM

Does anybody know how long someone would have to chew tobacco for in order to get some kind of mouth cancer?

cbintn · 08-27-2003, 04:08 PM

Other than working at a leaky nuclear reactor, I can't think of a faster way to get cancer than chewing. I've seen cases where people have gotten oral cancer after 5 - 10 years of chewing.

cbintn · 08-27-2003, 04:10 PM

Other than working at a leaky nuclear reactor, I can't think of a faster way to get cancer than chewing. I've seen cases where people have gotten oral cancer after 5 - 10 years of chewing.

James44_20 · 08-27-2003, 04:21 PM

Crap, really? After only about 5-10 years. I've been doing it for about 2.5-3 years and have quit now but I'm a little concerned that I'm going to get oral cancer. I think 3 years seems a little short in order to get oral cancer though. How do you know so many people that have gotten oral cancer from chewing anyway?

cbintn · 08-27-2003, 07:50 PM

I think 5-10 is the exception and not the rule. I personally don't know anyone who has gotten it. Just by awareness and surfing the net. [url="http://www.whyquit.com"]www.whyquit.com[/url] has 1 example of a 19 yr. old that died from chewing. It's a scary site.