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Surveying smokeless tobacco use, oral lesions and cessation among high school boys
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Surveying smokeless tobacco use, oral lesions and cessation among high school boys

Virginia S Daughety, Steven M Levy, Kristi J Ferguson, Paul R Pomrehn and Samuel L Becker
The Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), Vol.125(2), p.173
02/01/1994
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1994.0273
PMID: 8113525

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Abstract

We surveyed 821 Iowa teenage boys to establish patterns of smokeless tobacco use, occurrence of oral lesions and the effect of lesions on attitudes about quitting, current use and plans for future use. Results suggest that young ST users who currently have a lesion or have experienced lesions may be particularly receptive to discussion of quitting options and other information about ST health effects. Dentists and other oral health professionals should initiate ST intervention when establishing a lesion history or on discovering a lesion at examination.
Tobacco Medical research Mouth Boys Teenagers Dental care Cancer

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