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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 17 Smokeless Tobacco |
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| | Smokeless Tobacco: Native Americans |
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| | In 1988, there were an estimated 12 million smokeless tobacco users in the US, |
| | including 3 million teenage boys. The prevalence of current users in adults was 5% for |
| | men and less than 1% for women. The highest user group was young Native |
| | Americans; surveys reported regular use in 18% of children ages 5-11 and 55.9% in |
| | 9th and 10th graders in this ethnic group. In a Washington study, 40% of smokeless |
| | tobacco users also smoked cigarettes. |
| | Public Health Reports, March 1990, p. 196 |
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| | More than half of all Native Americans are smokeless tobacco users, including 45% of |
| | Native American adolescent girls. Native Americans are unusual in that female use |
| | rates sometimes equal males. |
| | Spit Tobacco and Youth, p.4, and JAMA, January 13, 1995, p. 195 |
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| | A survey of Native Americans living on reservations in Washington state showed that |
| | almost half of students ages 8 to 16 were smokeless tobacco users, including almost |
| | a third of the females. |
| | Nicotine Addiction, p. 263 |
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| | Native Americans begin using smokeless tobacco products at much earlier ages than |
| | non-Native Americans. In a 1986 survey at the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South |
| | Dakota, 21 percent of kindergarten children used smokeless tobacco products. A |
| | survey of Native Americans in the state of Washington indicated that 33 percent of |
| | former users and 57 percent of current users started using smokeless tobacco |
| | products before the age of 10. |
| | Federal Register, August 11, 1995, p. 41318 |
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