About Dipping Tobacco

If you have tried to quit smoking, perhaps someone has suggested turning to dipping tobacco as an alternative to smoking. These people may have claimed that dip tobacco is not as dangerous as smoking.

They may have shown you how to dip tobacco, and cited many good things about dip tobacco. But what they have probably failed to mention is that, just like smoking, there are many negative effects of dip tobacco.

What is Dipping Tobacco?

Dipping tobacco is a way to take nicotine into your system without smoking. It is in essence a smokeless tobacco. You do not chew on it, but rather a small pinch of the tobacco is placed between your gums and lips. While the dip tobacco sits in your mouth, your body produces saliva. This saliva takes nicotine into the arteries of the blood stream, giving the same effect as smoking a cigarette would. Often, excess saliva is produced which the user will spit out.

Is It Chewing Tobacco?

Many smokers wonder whether dipping or chewing tobacco is a better alternative to smoking. Others wonder if they are the same thing or not. Dipping tobacco is often confused with chewing tobacco. In fact, many people call dip "chew," which is a common term used to describe chewing tobacco. It is not the same thing, however. The tobacco derivatives in chewing tobacco are entirely different than the derivatives in dip. Also, dip is not chewed, whereas chewing tobacco must be chewed to release all of the nicotine.

Canadian Dip Versus American Dip

Both Canadian and American tobacco manufacturers make dip, but in different amounts and sizes. The Canadian tins are much smaller than the American tins. In fact, Canadian tins, which are fifteen grams, are less than half the size of the thirty-four gram American variety. Also, in Canada, users must pay quite a bit more for dip than users in the States. The United States tends to have a wider variety of dipping tobacco flavors than Canadian markets, and new flavors are usually released in the US first because of tobacco de-normalization laws in Canada.

Continue to: Harmful Effects of Dip Tobacco

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