does quitting lower your risk of cancer?

[tazmed]

I wish I had though. I would have super glued them together and made a go kart. THE COPEMOBILE. Fuck. I would have looked styling rolling up to classes in that bitch. queue "Shaft" theme song

'crackup' 'crackup' 'crackup' 'crackup' 'crackup'

[somich]

yeah it was 20-25 tins TOPS and you think a cell phone has more risk of causing cancer then them 20-25 tins? i prob have a higher chance of getting struck by lighting then getting cancer from them 20 tins

[Smokeyg]

I would worry more about cell phone related cancer.. Keeping nic out of your system while living life to the fullest is all you can do. Joining us will help you with the first part.

[Souliman]

You should probably seek the advice of a medical professional brother.

20 tins? On the money you know it was 20 tins? Did you keep them? I didn't keep the roughly 10k tins I consumed. I wish I had though. I would have super glued them together and made a go kart. THE COPEMOBILE. Fuck. I would have looked styling rolling up to classes in that bitch. queue "Shaft" theme song

Well welcome aboard brother. If you have the conviction and are quit, I hope you are posting roll with us.

[somich]

yes i quit its been a little more then a year. and i will NEVER use it again. i just wanna know if 20 tins is a lot and how much higher it brought my risk of cancer up (i hear the average person has a 0.05% chance of oral cancer) and i know im not 50x more likely to get cancer like all the websites say since i only used 20 tins over 11 months then quit, how much did i rase that? and how long after quitting does it take to lower that back to normal? (i hear after 5 to 10 years your back to ALMOST as if you never chewed) so since i did 20 tins over 11 months, my risk should lower faster then 5 to 10 years right?

[DennyX]

ok so i use to use chew (skoal) i used maybe 20 tins and figured out how dumb it was. its been a little over a year since i quit, THANK GOD. so my question is using 20 tins probably dont put me at a high risk of oral cancer but since i quit does my risk lower every day? how long would it take for me to be at about baseline risk? and oral cancer dont run in my family

Kudos to you for stopping. I don't think anyone can predict whether or not you will get cancer. Your risk for getting cancer certainly goes down as you have stopped using tobacco against your lip. There may already be cellular damage done, but that is fairly unlikely given your use history. I would see a doctor/dentist though if you are worried. I hope that you are nicotine free and if you are not we can help you maintain being such.

jmiah

Yes.

somich, you quit really? that sounds like something I've contemplated saying in the past. How long you been QUIT? Like jmiah said, if you're quit that's fantastic. If you aren't, and decide you need to, we're here for you. Right now. 24 hours a day. We're here for you.

[Cancrusher]

ok so i use to use chew (skoal) i used maybe 20 tins and figured out how dumb it was. its been a little over a year since i quit, THANK GOD. so my question is using 20 tins probably dont put me at a high risk of oral cancer but since i quit does my risk lower every day? how long would it take for me to be at about baseline risk? and oral cancer dont run in my family

Kudos to you for stopping. I don't think anyone can predict whether or not you will get cancer. Your risk for getting cancer certainly goes down as you have stopped using tobacco against your lip. There may already be cellular damage done, but that is fairly unlikely given your use history. I would see a doctor/dentist though if you are worried. I hope that you are nicotine free and if you are not we can help you maintain being such.

jmiah

Yes.

[jmiah]

ok so i use to use chew (skoal) i used maybe 20 tins and figured out how dumb it was. its been a little over a year since i quit, THANK GOD. so my question is using 20 tins probably dont put me at a high risk of oral cancer but since i quit does my risk lower every day? how long would it take for me to be at about baseline risk? and oral cancer dont run in my family

Kudos to you for stopping. I don't think anyone can predict whether or not you will get cancer. Your risk for getting cancer certainly goes down as you have stopped using tobacco against your lip. There may already be cellular damage done, but that is fairly unlikely given your use history. I would see a doctor/dentist though if you are worried. I hope that you are nicotine free and if you are not we can help you maintain being such.

jmiah

[somich]

ok so i use to use chew (skoal) i used maybe 20 tins and figured out how dumb it was. its been a little over a year since i quit, THANK GOD. so my question is using 20 tins probably dont put me at a high risk of oral cancer but since i quit does my risk lower every day? how long would it take for me to be at about baseline risk? and oral cancer dont run in my family