Gwynns cancer which led to a 14-hour, dangerous operation this year will hopefully touch off an open debate between two factions: the harm reduction adherents, backed by Big Tobacco, who argue that smokeless tobacco helps people shake the more dangerous cigarette addiction, and the public health experts, who say that spit tobacco is linked to mouth, pancreas, esophagus, pharynx, larynx, and stomach cancers and increases risk of cardiovascular disease, precancerous mouth lesions, and gum and tooth problems
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Oral Health Issues: Smoking tobacco can lead to tooth decay, gum disease, tooth loss, and oral cancer
WIGAND: That was one of the factors that caused me to go on the record with 60 Minutes and interview with Mike Wallace