The use of smokeless tobacco among adolescents has emerged as a public health concern. We report here estimates of use and characteristics of users among a probability sample of 4,267 Ontario (Canada) students aged thirteen to nineteen years. The results indicated that smokeless tobacco use was not common, varying from 1 percent to 3 percent depending upon age and gender, but was more likely to occur among smokers (10% to 32%). The group most prone to use was young smoking males.
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