TEENS AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO

Teens and smokeless tobacco



Teens and smokeless tobacco

Outline

Introduction

The population of teenagers who have started to smoke has grown tremendously in recent years. Their lack of knowledge about the effects of tobacco has made the teenage market the most attractive market to the tobacco industry.

Discussion

The addictive substance in cigarette causes teenagers who become addicted to keep smoking through their entire life.Teens have fewer negative images of the consequences of smokeless tobacco use than they do of cigarette use. Kury et al., for example, found that among middle school students, smokeless tobacco can be seen as athletic and masculine.

Conclusion

Finally, the marketing environment for smokeless tobacco products is changing. In addition to traditional smokeless tobacco marketers such the US Smokeless Tobacco Company, major tobacco companies such as Altria and RJ Reynolds are now testing.

References

Introduction

The population of teenagers who have started to smoke has grown tremendously in recent years. Their lack of knowledge about the effects of tobacco has made the teenage market the most attractive market to the tobacco industry. The addictive substance in cigarette causes teenagers who become addicted to keep smoking through their entire life. Tobacco is a plant that people smoke in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. The same plant is in smokeless tobacco, known as dip, chew, spit, or chewing tobacco. Smokeless tobacco is not lit and breathed in the same way as tobacco in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Instead, it is put between lips and gum and sucked on inside the mouth. Tobacco use can affect people physically, socially, economically, and psychologically, but smoking is the most common form.

In the United States, snuff and chewing tobacco are commonly referred to as “ smokeless tobacco. ” Between 1972 and 1991, consumption of smokeless tobacco increased threefold (National Cancer Institute [NCI], 1992) and manufacturing output grew 8 years in a row (United States Department of Agriculture, 1993). Estimates of smokeless tobacco users in the United States range from 6 million to 22 million, with the Surgeon General's Report on Smokeless Tobacco placing the figure at approximately 12 million (Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, 1986). Smokeless tobacco is sometimes viewed as a healthier alternative to smoking. However, as noted by Nelson and colleagues, the use of smokeless tobacco products is associated with gum recession, leukoplakia, nicotine addiction, increased cardiovascular disease mortality, and cancers of the oral cavity, larynx, and pharynx. Furthermore, smokeless tobacco is highly addictive.

Relatively few studies have directly compared characteristics of smokeless tobacco users and cigarette smokers. The current study went beyond the previous literature in examining patterns and correlates of smokeless tobacco use in an entire population of Air Force recruits. Furthermore, the current study included a large sample of smokeless tobacco users and cigarette smokers as well as a good number of those who used both products. This large sample allowed examination of gender, ethnic, and risk-factor differences in an ethnically diverse population of primarily young adults who are likely to be at high risk for smokeless tobacco ...