Risky Combo: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Forms
Risky Combo: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Forms
Combining Cigarettes and Other Types of Tobacco Usage Linked to Higher Risk of Disease
Aug. 5, 2010 -- Men and young adults are most likely to smoke cigarettes in combination with using tobacco in other forms, the CDC says.
The CDC, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for Aug. 6, reports that the use of other forms of tobacco is linked with higher nicotine addiction, the inability to kick the habit, and increases the odds that smokers will develop cancer, stroke, and heart disease.
The CDC's analysis of data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System says many smokers use cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes.
Other usage includes smoking bidis, a South Asian cigarette wrapped in a leaf, and kreteks, a cigarette made with cloves and other ingredients as well as tobacco.
Using such products, CDC says, is associated with youth and lower household incomes.
The analysis of the survey on adult smoking performed in 13 states reports that using cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco is more prevalent in men (4.4%) and young adults ages 18 to 24 (5.7%).
Use of multiple tobacco substances ranged from 1% in New Jersey to 3.7% in West Virginia.
"Every day, smoking kills more than 1,000 people and is the leading preventable cause of death," CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, says in a news release. "The more types of tobacco products people use, the greater their risk for many diseases caused by tobacco, such as cancer and heart disease."
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Researchers examined data from Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Here is a list of percentages of people who reported any tobacco use:
Delaware 23.8%
Florida 22.4%
Indiana 31.5%
Kansas 25.7%
Louisiana 25.3%
Nebraska 23.9%
New Jersey 18.4%
North Carolina 26.4%
Tennessee 30%
Texas 23.9%
West Virginia 35%
Wisconsin 25.8%
Wyoming 27.8%
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says the findings "highlight the need to increase expenditures to incorporate strategies that address smoking and other tobacco use in state and national" prevention and cessation efforts.
Risky Combo: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Forms
Combining Cigarettes and Other Types of Tobacco Usage Linked to Higher Risk of Disease
Aug. 5, 2010 -- Men and young adults are most likely to smoke cigarettes in combination with using tobacco in other forms, the CDC says.
The CDC, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for Aug. 6, reports that the use of other forms of tobacco is linked with higher nicotine addiction, the inability to kick the habit, and increases the odds that smokers will develop cancer, stroke, and heart disease.
The CDC's analysis of data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System says many smokers use cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes.
Other usage includes smoking bidis, a South Asian cigarette wrapped in a leaf, and kreteks, a cigarette made with cloves and other ingredients as well as tobacco.
Using such products, CDC says, is associated with youth and lower household incomes.
The analysis of the survey on adult smoking performed in 13 states reports that using cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco is more prevalent in men (4.4%) and young adults ages 18 to 24 (5.7%).
Use of multiple tobacco substances ranged from 1% in New Jersey to 3.7% in West Virginia.
"Every day, smoking kills more than 1,000 people and is the leading preventable cause of death," CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, says in a news release. "The more types of tobacco products people use, the greater their risk for many diseases caused by tobacco, such as cancer and heart disease."
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State-by-State Tobacco Use
Researchers examined data from Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Here is a list of percentages of people who reported any tobacco use:
Delaware 23.8%
Florida 22.4%
Indiana 31.5%
Kansas 25.7%
Louisiana 25.3%
Nebraska 23.9%
New Jersey 18.4%
North Carolina 26.4%
Tennessee 30%
Texas 23.9%
West Virginia 35%
Wisconsin 25.8%
Wyoming 27.8%
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says the findings "highlight the need to increase expenditures to incorporate strategies that address smoking and other tobacco use in state and national" prevention and cessation efforts.
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