Open AccessCigarette smokers’ concurrent use of smokeless tobacco: dual use patterns and nicotine exposure
Author(s) -
Nicholas J. Felicione,
Jenny E. Ozga-Hess,
Stuart Ferguson,
Geri Dino,
Summer Kuhn,
Ilana Haliwa,
Melissa D. Blank
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tobacco control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.715
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1468-3318
pISSN - 0964-4563
DOI - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055345
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , cotinine , nicotine , medicine , chewing tobacco , snuff , situational ethics , tobacco product , environmental health , tobacco use , psychology , social psychology , population , pathology , cancer
The concurrent use of cigarettes with other tobacco products, such as smokeless tobacco (SLT), is increasingly common. Extant work with cigarette smokers who also use SLT is based heavily on retrospective reports and between-group comparisons. The purpose of this study was to assess prospectively the patterns of dual users' product use and nicotine exposure on days when cigarettes were smoked exclusively (single use) versus concurrently with SLT (dual use).