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Which is a risk of using smokeless tobacco?

a. dental problems
b. tongue and gum problems
c. throat and mouth cancer
d. all of the above

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Smokeless, snuff, or chewing tobacco contains nicotine as well as many known carcinogens (cancer-causing substances). More nicotine is absorbed by chewing tobacco use that by smoking a cigarette. Chewing tobacco use is a risk factor for the development of oral cancers and precancers.

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D. All of the above is the answer.
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