U.S. Smokeless Tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of oral cancer in what the family's attorney says is the first wrongful death settlement from chewing tobacco. Bobby ...

Tobacco chewing is a harmful addiction causing oral and systemic damage. Nicotine and carcinogens lead to addiction, DNA damage, leukoplakia, and oral cancer. It also causes social and financial harm.

HOGANVILLE, Ga. - Justin Smith first felt the bump on his tongue last spring. "It was the size of a penny, maybe not quite the size of a penny," Smith remembers. He told his wife he might have bitten ...

BOSTON -- Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling says he has been treated for mouth cancer and blames the disease on his use of chewing tobacco for about 30 years. Schilling discussed details on ...

You're probably familiar with the dangers of cigarette smoking, but chewing tobacco and snuff are other tobacco products that can have serious health effects, as well. Learn more about the long-term ...

With the World Series now under way, U.S. government and health officials this week are calling on professional baseball players to stop chewing tobacco at games and on camera, according to an ...

We don’t hear about oral cancer very often, but more than 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with it every year. Oral cancer doesn’t just target the tongue, gums and mouth. It can even extend to ...

Introduction: Smokeless tobacco products have been linked to precancerous and cancers of oral cavity for long. Evidence was available on the association between smokeless tobacco (SLT) products and ...

For years, scientists have linked smoking with conditions affecting vital organs of the body like the lungs, liver, and heart, but this habit also affects other, less discussed organs, like the tongue ...

Oral cavity cancer refers to any type of cancer that develops in your mouth, including your lips, tongue, cheeks, or gums. A common symptom is a mouth ulcer that doesn’t heal. About 53,000 people in ...

It starts small: a puff, a sip, a habit. But for millions of Indian families, that habit turns into head and neck cancer, ...