Chapter 17 Smokeless Tobacco

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Smokeless Tobacco: General

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Between 1972 and 1991, consumption of moist snuff and other smokeless tobacco

products in the United States almost tripled, including an eight-fold increase in the 17

to 19-year-old group.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 16, 1993, p. 263

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Smokeless tobacco users start early; use among preschool children has been

reported, and in one study, 88% of users began by age 14. In the Native American

Indian population, usage rates in adolescents (including females) are as high as 50%.

American Journal of Public Health, March 1993, p. 468

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In the early 1990's, the prevalence of past year smokeless tobacco use among young

males ages 18 to 24 in the military was 32.4%. This was much higher than the 18.5%

for non-military males in this age group.

1992 Department Of Defense Survey

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Former US Marine Corps Commandant (1986-1989) and four star General P.X.

Kelley is a member of the Board of Directors of the US Tobacco Company,

manufacturers of 80% of the nation's smokeless tobacco, including Copenhagen and

Skoal. Almost half of male Marines under age 25 are daily users of smokeless

tobacco, and the Marine Corps has the highest use rate of any of the military services.

Common Cause magazine, Summer 1993

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"Once a kid is hooked, he doesn't leave." Smokeless tobacco company executive.

Journal of the American Dental Association 101:467, 1980

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