You don't smoke it. You don't swallow it. All you do is slosh it
around your mouth and spit out the brown juices every few
seconds. OK, so it actually is pretty disgusting. But so what?
After all, it's called smokeless or chewing tobacco. That means
you chew and spit it, not smoke it, so it can't be as bad as
inhaling tobacco smoke into your lungs, right? Wrong . . .
unfortunately, smokeless doesn't mean harmless. The fact is,
chewing tobacco is dangerous, too. What Is Smokeless Tobacco?
Smokeless tobacco, also called spit tobacco, chewing tobacco,
chew, chaw, dip, plug, and probably a few other things, comes in
two forms: snuff and chewing tobacco. Snuff is a fine-grain
tobacco that often comes in teabag-like pouches that users
"pinch" or "dip" between their lower lip and gum. Chewing
tobacco comes in shredded, twisted, or "bricked" tobacco leaves
that users put between their cheek and gum. Whether it's snuff
or chewing tobacco, you're supposed to let it sit in your mouth
and suck on the tobacco juices, spit