title: Prevalence of spit tobacco use and health effects awareness in baseball coaches.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess spit tobacco usage and knowledge of health effects in baseball coaches.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N = 509) were affiliated with the American Baseball Coaches Association and completed a Web-based survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data was ascertained in spit tobacco use, health effects, and possible intervention areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of use in respondents was 18.5 percent. The authors feel that the coaching profession is a fertile environment to decrease spit tobacco use in adolescents through positive role modeling and appropriate intervention techniques.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eaves
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Edmund J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Siebel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012380:Role; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless; D055815:Young Adult