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Spit Tobacco
Spit tobacco (a.k.a. smokeless tobacco, dip, snuff, chew,
and chewing tobacco) contains ingredients that frequently
cause serious health problems. Users can suffer from
receding gums, cavities, and even oral cancer.
Percentage of Male High School Students Who Used Smokeless
Tobacco, Selected U.S. Cities - Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2001 (Reported
using chewing tobacco or snuff on at least one of the 30
days preceding the survey.)
State Prevalence
(Percentage)
Alabama 17.4
Arkansas 24.9
Delaware 8.3
Florida 9.8 Idaho 14.3
Maine 8.9
Massachusetts 7.4
Michigan 11.9
Mississippi 15.2
Missouri 18.6
Montana 25.2
Nevada 11.1
New Jersey 12.7
North Dakota 22.4
Rhode Island 6.1
South Dakota 24.3
Texas 15.5
Utah 6.7
Vermont 8.4
Wisconsin 14.2
Wyoming 28.6 |
Unweighted Data
(data not adjusted
for nonresponse and for varying
probabilities of selection)
Colorado 14.1
Hawaii 4.1
Illinois 8.6*
Indiana 12.5
Iowa 20.0
Kentucky 23.7
Louisiana 17.1*
Nebraska 16.8
New Hampshire 9.4
New York 9.0*
South Carolina 14.8
Tennessee 22.0 |
*Surveys did not include students from one of the
state's large school districts.
Content
of articles can only be used with writer attribution to Dr.
Kevin Weiland.
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