Andrew Huberman· PhD
For instance, dipping or chewing tobacco is known to cause a 50 fold, yes, 50 fold increase in mouth cancers, things like leukoplakia and just generally is terrible for your health.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
For instance, dipping or chewing tobacco is known to cause a 50 fold, yes, 50 fold increase in mouth cancers, things like leukoplakia and just generally is terrible for your health.
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And so the years lost, I can't really register that because it's hard to register what you don't have and what you've never had. On the other hand, we can also point to the statistic that there is this 50 fold increase in mouth cancers from dipping.
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