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I find this difficult to swallow.  Although saliva many have some buffering
capacity, I seriously doubt it is alkaline enough to offset stomach acidity.

More likely, the sensation of having some tasty chew in one's mouth increases
gastric secretion, possibly resulting in a gastric ulcer.  Of course,
the nicotine in chewing tobacco also induces increased secretions of various
sorts as a pharmacological property of the chemical itself.  Put these 
together and you have a lot better senario for an ulcer than simply



	What does nicotine pharmacolgy have to do wth the pH of saliva?  I
was only relating something that had been told to me, and I believed it
relevant to the current topic.  At least we both agree that saliva is alkaline.
					W. R.
P. S. Don't get me wrong-I didn't believe it either in terms of the mechanism
of chewing causing ulcers, and I think what was responded is much closer to
the mark.  But I did think it was a cute fallacy!	
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