Smokeless tobacco use by secondary students in a Mexican bordertown.
Of secondary students living in a Mexican bordertown, 67 boys and 45 girls aged 13 to 18 years, 5 boys reported trying chewing tobacco, but none reported current use, and 61 students believed such use could cause cancer. Low prevalence may be related to low exposure to advertising.
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Department of Social Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City 88062, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless