Biomaterial Database

Smokeless tobacco use by secondary students in a Mexican bordertown. 1998

L C López, and V V Sánchez, and M Hamilton

Department of Social Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City 88062, USA.

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008800	Mexico	A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D010947	Plants, Toxic	Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals.	Plants, Poisonous,Plant, Poisonous,Plant, Toxic,Poisonous Plant,Poisonous Plants,Toxic Plant,Toxic Plants
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D014029	Tobacco Use Disorder	Tobacco used to the detriment of a person's health or social functioning. Tobacco dependence is included.	Nicotine Addiction,Nicotine Dependence,Nicotine Use Disorder,Tobacco Dependence,Tobacco-Use Disorder,Addiction, Nicotine,Dependence, Nicotine,Dependence, Tobacco,Disorder, Nicotine Use,Disorder, Tobacco Use,Disorder, Tobacco-Use,Nicotine Addictions,Nicotine Use Disorders,Tobacco Use Disorders
D014030	Tobacco, Smokeless	Any product of NICOTIANA TABACUM that is not smoked but is either inhaled through the nose, chewed, or stored in cheek pouches.	Chewing Tobacco,Oral Tobacco,Smokeless Tobacco,Snuff,Dipping Tobacco,Gutka,Gutka Tobacco,Mint Snuff,Snus,Chewing Tobaccos,Dipping Tobaccos,Gutka Tobaccos,Gutkas,Snuff, Mint,Tobacco, Chewing,Tobacco, Dipping,Tobacco, Gutka,Tobacco, Oral,Tobaccos, Chewing,Tobaccos, Dipping,Tobaccos, Gutka,Tobaccos, Smokeless