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Lung cancer occurs when the cells within the lung tissue are altered at a genetic level to mutate and multiply at an aggressive rate. The results of many studies on the effects of tobacco have shown that cigarette smoke carries numerous chemicals, called âmutagensâ, that cause lung tissue cells to mutate. Substances such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen peroxide and benzopyrene contained in cigarette smoke affect how cells change and grow.
1 Smokeless tobacco contains 28 cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) or known causes of human cancer.3.  Smokeless tobacco use has been linked to gum disease, tooth decay and tooth loss as well as the formation of white or gray patches inside the mouth called leukoplakia that can lead to cancer.3.