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I dip tobacco, and have for about 7 years.
How serious is the risk of lip cancer?
You sure don't hear about it as much as lung cancer, and I know alot of old men that have chewed tobacco for years with no real affects. A friend of mine talked to a doctor that dipped, and he relayed to me that it was pretty much okay as long as you didn't do it all the time, and that it was more a matter of having something between your cheek and gum all the time than having tobacco in your mouth.
As long as my gums aren't receeding, will I be okay?
What were you told in dental school?
P.S. I haven't been to a dentist for a couple of years, but was okay at that time, and the dentist didn't ask me if I dipped.
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