title: Use of smokeless tobacco by Mexican-American high school students.
abstract: A survey of 208 girls and 191 boys attending a public high school in southwestern New Mexico was conducted to examine students' use of smokeless tobacco products. One Mexican-American girl identified herself as a user of chewing tobacco. Of the boys 8% (17) indicated that they used chewing tobacco and 7% (15) reported that they dipped snuff. 6% (12) indicated use of both snuff and chewing tobacco. The boys included 153 Mexican-Americans of whom 7% used smokeless tobacco and 26 Anglo-Americans of whom 34% were users.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City 88062, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hamlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009516:New Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data