Incidence and predictors of smokeless tobacco use among US youth.
Author(s) -
Scott L. Tomar,
Gary A. Giovino
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.88.1.20
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , snuff , medicine , incidence (geometry) , cumulative incidence , cohort , demography , young adult , chewing tobacco , cohort study , public health , environmental health , tobacco use , gerontology , population , cancer , physics , nursing , pathology , sociology , optics
The purpose of this study was to provide estimates of the cumulative incidence of initiation of smokeless tobacco use in a cohort of young persons and to explore sociodemographic, environmental, behavioral, and personal predictors of experimentation with and regular use of snuff or chewing tobacco.
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