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Archive: Smokeless Tobacco Stirs Health Debate
Sales of chewing tobacco are on the rise, and some public health officials are actually advocating it as an alternative to smoking-or at least as a tool to use while quitting smoking. Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UCSF, and a leading anti-smoking crusader, agrees that smokeless tobacco isn't as deadly as cigarettes, but he doesn't think it's safe to promote any kind of tobacco use.
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Smokeless Tobacco Stirs Health Debate
All Things Considered, NPR, December 31, 2006
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education