[Don Corleone]

And Joe Garagiola ranted on this every time he was on the Diamondbacks TV or radio, WTG Joe! Sorry Curt!

[Ditter]

MrD’s grandad died of mouth cancer and he chewed tobacco. That didn’t stop MrD and he chewed for over 50 years before he quit. So far no mouth cancer for him. Just lucky I guess.

[PeterPrinciple]

“I didn’t talk about it for two reasons. No. 1, I didn’t want to get into the chewing tobacco debate, which I knew was going to come about, which to me, I’ll go to my grave believing that was why I got what I got... absolutely, no question in my mind about that. And the second thing was I didn’t want people to feel sorry for me.

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A good response but remember not everyone who chews tobacco gets cancer of the mouth. Not everyone who smokes cigs gets lung cancer.

[Wuli]

since we do not know if any specific genetic factors make someone more susceptible or not to obtaining cancer from long term tobacco use (we do know some folks are and some are not) it is sound advice to discourage tobacco use

it is not a given that every tobacco user gets cancer

still, the advice to avoid it is good advice because using tobacco IS like rolling the dice, and its not worth the chance

[Gay State Conservative]

People not familiar with Rhode Island (where this is a *huge* story) is probably unfamiliar with what's going on with the Schilling family.In short,his video game company,which went bankrupt in a year or two,is being investigated for fraud...among other things.Seventy five million dollars of taxpayers' money (it was money loaned to Schilling by the State of Rhode Island) disappeared and while investigating that disappearance two RI state legislators,one a Rat and the other a Republican,just recently received letters threatening the safety of their family members if they pursued their investigation.

I've been following this story pretty closely for reasons I'd rather not divulge but I'd bet the clothes on my back that this story was planted to deflect attention from the SEC investigation of Schilling and others that's currently underway.

[Jack Hammer]

When considering all this sort of thing, everyone loves to point the finger, but no one ever considers that such habits as smoking, drinking, and so on, relieve psychic pressures that can also end in death.

[Sawdring]

On October 4th I will be tobacco free for ten years. I used to chew and smoke like a fiend. I took Zyban to help me quit but that made me want to commit suicide. So right after I quit tobacco I quit taking Zyban as well. Brain chemistry is such a complex thing.

[Tired of Taxes]

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