1998
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1998.tb00280.x
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Snuff use and smoking among senior high school students: effects of a snuff sales ban

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The popularity of snuff especially among adolescents is rising. The association between long‐term snuff use and oral cancer discovered in epidemiological studies has prompted a variety of preventive measures to be taken to reduce snuff use and prevent adoption of the habit. In this study, the effect of a recent (I March, 1995) snuff sales ban introduced in Finland was investigated. Further, the rates of smoking, snuff use, alcohol use and drug experimenting were investigated before the introduction… Show more

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“…11 Figures on adolescent smokeless tobacco use are known in the United States 8 12 13 and in a small number of European countries, namely in Sweden, 14 Norway and Finland. [15][16][17] European cross-national adolescent surveys have even failed to ask about snus use (www.hbsc.org). In the USA, 15% of male high school students were current users of smokeless tobacco in 2001, 8 in Norway, 15 40% of 15-year-old boys had experimented with snus and nearly 20% used it daily, and in Sweden, approximately 20% of 15-16-year-old boys were current users.…”
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“…11 Figures on adolescent smokeless tobacco use are known in the United States 8 12 13 and in a small number of European countries, namely in Sweden, 14 Norway and Finland. [15][16][17] European cross-national adolescent surveys have even failed to ask about snus use (www.hbsc.org). In the USA, 15% of male high school students were current users of smokeless tobacco in 2001, 8 in Norway, 15 40% of 15-year-old boys had experimented with snus and nearly 20% used it daily, and in Sweden, approximately 20% of 15-16-year-old boys were current users.…”
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confidence: 99%