Teenagers are not yet equipped to balance the short term pleasures of smoking against the long-term risk
Among high school students, smokeless tobacco use is highest among American Indian or Alaska Natives (9.2%), followed by whites (5.7%), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders (5.3%), Hispanics (2.2%), blacks (0.9%), and Asians (0.7%)
George, chief executive officer, Larus & Brother Co
Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use
Comprehensive cancer control programs are focused on reducing cancer risk, detecting cancer early, improving cancer treatments, helping more people survive cancer, improving cancer survivors quality of life, and better assisting communities disproportionately impacted by cancer