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Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent

Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent

Time 02.07.2008 00:04 Source  reuters.com

LONDON (Reuters) - Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency said on Tuesday.

Region World Category Science & Education

Date: 07 January 2009 - 13:46

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