Chapter 17 Smokeless Tobacco

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Smokeless Tobacco: General

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The spit tobacco use rate in NCAA college athletes rose from 20% in 1985 to 28% in

1989, a 40% increase.

Spit Tobacco and Youth, p. 3

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In a 1990 statewide survey in Oklahoma, 13% of third grade and 22% of fifth grade

boys reported regular use of smokeless tobacco. This increased to 33% of male high

school freshmen and 39% of high school juniors.

Smokeless Tobacco or Health, p. 5

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In a study from Arkansas, 21% of kindergarten boys were regular smokeless tobacco

chewers, or "dippers".

Postgraduate Medicine, May 15, 1990, p. 69

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In a survey of adolescents in Arkansas, one quarter of smokeless tobacco users

began the habit between ages 5 and 8.

Pediatrics, January 1993, p. 75

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The 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 24% of all white male high school

students currently used smokeless tobacco. In Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and

Montana, a third of high school boys use it. Of the 10 million American users of

smokeless or "spit" tobacco, 3 million are under age 21.

Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Spring 1993, and Journal of Public Health Policy,

Winter 1987, p. 501

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Use of snuff and chewing tobacco by teenage males increased by 275% between

1970 and 1985.

Seminars in Oncology, August 1990, p. 407

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