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- Title: Prevalence of Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Canadian Youth Between 2004 and 2008: Findings from the Youth Smoking Survey (Quantitative RESEARCH)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 305 KB
Description
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is a term used to describe a family of non-combusted consumer products that deliver nicotine and are generally placed in the mouth or nasal passage. SLT products are addictive and contain over 3,000 chemicals, of which at least 28 are known carcinogens. (1,2) It is estimated that less than 1% of Canadians (aged 15+ years) are regular users of SLT; however, SLT use is higher among adolescents and young adults compared to the general population. (3) Developing a better understanding of SLT use among at-risk Canadian youth should be a public health priority. In 2009, value sales of SLT in Canada increased by 1% over the previous year, reaching a value of approximately $189 million, although net volume of sales decreased. (4) The majority of SLT sold in Canada is moist snuff and US-style chewing tobacco, although rates of Swedish-style snuff use, also known as snus, have recently become detectable since being introduced to the Canadian market in 2007. (4-6) Snuff and chew are collectively called 'spit tobacco' as users tend to prefer to avoid swallowing their saliva when using these forms of SLT, (7) whereas snus is a spit-less snuff. (8) In Canada, SLT market-watchers have reported an increase in youth-oriented promotions and product development for SLT, especially with respect to the introduction of a variety of flavoured brands including cherry, raspberry, cotton candy, and chocolate mint. (9) These flavoured products have been credited with promoting SLT experimentation among youth. (4) Despite the recent surge in efforts to introduce and promote SLT by the world's largest tobacco transnationals (10) and concerns that SLT may be used by the tobacco industry as a gateway product to promote nicotine use and eventual cigarette usage, (11) little is known about how rates of SLT use among youth have changed over time. The current study team sought to understand SLT usage trends between 2004 and 2008 among Canadian youth.