chewing tobacco is injurious to health isn't just puffing, it's poisoning in every form. 💨🚭 Smoke it or chew it, it still harms your lungs, mouth, heart, and brain. It causes cancer, stroke, infertility and early ageing Smoking or chewing Tobacco is

For some, just smelling food can increase glucose levels in our bodies causing an insulin spike

Cigarette smoke suppresses type I interferon-mediated antiviral immunity in lung fibroblast and epithelial cells

This combination of factors due to nicotine means that even more stomach acid can slosh around and potentially back up into the esophagus

Meanwhile, other studies show that, as the Swedes mentioned in passing, nicotine also So its clear that chewing tobacco, thanks to its nicotine content, will both drive insulin resistance and raise cortisol, a combination thats pretty much guaranteed to raise blood sugar