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The dubious evidence for smokeless tobacco
Author(s) -
Venitt S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb03431.x
Subject(s) - snuff , smokeless tobacco , addiction , argument (complex analysis) , tobacco in alabama , tobacco industry , environmental health , tobacco use , cigarette smoking , tobacco harm reduction , medicine , advertising , psychology , business , psychiatry , pathology , population
. The argument put forward by West & Krafona that the continued availability of Skoal Bandits in the UK would have led to a decrease in tobacco‐related diseases is not supported by the available evidence. It has not been established that young people take up snuff dipping instead of smoking. On the contrary, most studies suggest that both habits co‐exist. That smokeless tobacco is less addictive than cigarette smoking is by no means proven—it may well be that both habits are equally addictive. The aggressive marketing techniques of a leading American smokeless tobacco manufacturer resulted in the creation of a new generation of snuff dippers in the USA; there is little to suggest that the same would not have happened in the UK and in other countries targeted by this and other manufacturers.