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Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population.

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Westman, EC; Simel, DL
Published in: South Med J
August 1993

Smokeless tobacco use is a significant health risk for carcinoma of the oropharynx, and has a high prevalence in the southern United States. To evaluate the potential demand for a smokeless tobacco cessation program, we surveyed patients attending the General Medicine Clinic of a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use was 5.8%, which did not justify creation of a clinic-based cessation program. Since we observed adults using smokeless tobacco as a means to reduce or stop their smoking, smoking cessation programs should include counseling against smokeless tobacco use.

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South Med J

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0038-4348

Publication Date

August 1993

Volume

86

Issue

8

Start / End Page

912 / 913

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tobacco, Smokeless
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Smoking
  • Prevalence
  • Plants, Toxic
  • Pilot Projects
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Westman, E. C., & Simel, D. L. (1993). Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population. South Med J, 86(8), 912–913. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199308000-00013
Westman, E. C., and D. L. Simel. “Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population.South Med J 86, no. 8 (August 1993): 912–13. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199308000-00013.
Westman EC, Simel DL. Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population. South Med J. 1993 Aug;86(8):912–3.
Westman, E. C., and D. L. Simel. “Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population.South Med J, vol. 86, no. 8, Aug. 1993, pp. 912–13. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-199308000-00013.
Westman EC, Simel DL. Smokeless tobacco use in an outpatient veteran population. South Med J. 1993 Aug;86(8):912–913.

Published In

South Med J

DOI

ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

August 1993

Volume

86

Issue

8

Start / End Page

912 / 913

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tobacco, Smokeless
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Smoking
  • Prevalence
  • Plants, Toxic
  • Pilot Projects
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans