Wino Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Chewing tobacco is really gross, almost as gross as chewing bethel nut. I guess these women do not have a lot of choices. By MARGIE MASON, AP Medical Writer HANOI, Vietnam – When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many become hooked, and the World Health Organization warned Thursday it is a tradition putting the health of both mothers and babies at risk. The largest tobacco survey ever conducted in Cambodia found that about half of all women older than 48 regularly chew tobacco, and about one in five rural women first took up the habit during pregnancy, to soothe their prenatal nausea. The survey conducted by WHO and other researchers found that midwives are the country's biggest users of smokeless tobacco, with 68 percent chewing it. About half of traditional female healers use it as well. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091203/ap_on_he_me/as_med_cambodia_pregnant_tobacco_chewers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Counterintuitive but if it works why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 No problem with me if it helps someone (although watching somebody chew tobacco almost makes me nauseous....especially when they smile...ugh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Even baseball players chew gum these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Might work for nausea, but the side effects are terrible. Who would want to become addicted to this nasty habit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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