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Patterns of Use and Incidence of Smokeless Tobacco Consumption in School-age Children
Steven D. Schaefer, MD;
Allen H. Henderson, PhD;
Elbert D. Glover, PhD;
Arden G. Christen, DDS
Arch Otolaryngol. 1985;111(10):639-642.
Abstract
• A sample of 5,392 students were surveyed using a 42-item, multiple-choice questionnaire from a population of 19,040 Texas school-age children. The geographic distribution was 70% urban and 30% rural, with a representative sampling of the various racial and ethnic groups within Texas. The results of the survey indicated that 486 (9%) of the students regularly used smokeless tobacco, 810 (15%) regularly smoked cigarettes, and 4,096 (76%) used no tobacco products. Further, 77% perceived cigarette smoking as very harmful, while only 40% perceived smokeless tobacco as very harmful. Age of initiating use indicated that 55% of smokeless tobacco users started before the age of 13 years, whereas only 36% of cigarette smokers began that early.
(Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:639-642)
Author Affiliations
From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas (Dr Schaefer); the Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth (Dr Henderson); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Dr Glover); and Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis (Dr Christen).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 21, 1985.
Read before the fifth joint meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, May 8, 1985.
Reprint requests to Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235 (Dr Schaefer).
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