Research has shown over the years that both smoking and smokeless tobacco can cause a host of health problems, some of which are fatal.

As Mr. Friedman wrote, "Alcohol and tobacco cause many more deaths in users than do drugs."

He refuses to believe that chewing tobacco causes cancer and says he will not stop selling it.

"So how can you say that tobacco causes cancer?"

Dipping tobacco can cause fatal oral cancers and tooth loss.

Food, tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and over-the-counter meds can all cause halitosis.

Personal Hygiene Image Gallery Food, tobacco and health problems can cause bad breath.

"It has not been scientifically established that smokeless tobacco causes adverse medical effects," Hilburg said.

They know what is known in the rest of the world: that bad diets, alcohol and tobacco cause more deaths each year than all other causes.

"The scientific evidence is strong that smokeless tobacco can cause cancer in the human," said a report by the Surgeon General in 1986.