Open AccessExposure to a Tobacco-Specific Carcinogen Among Adolescent Smokeless Tobacco Users in Rural California, United States
Author(s) -
Benjamin W. Chaffee,
Peyton Jacob,
Elizabeth T. Couch,
Neal L. Benowitz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntz147
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , cotinine , nicotine , medicine , environmental health , carcinogen , snuff , population , biomarker , tobacco product , toxicology , tobacco use , chemistry , pathology , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Approximately the same percentage of male high school students in the United States currently uses conventional smokeless tobacco as smokes cigarettes, resulting in toxin exposure.