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Facts & Stats on Chewing Tobacco
- Chewing tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking.
- Nationally, an estimated 3 percent of adults -- 8.9 million -- chew tobacco. Smokeless tobacco use is much more common among men (six percent) than women (0.3 percent).
- Approximately 100,000 Wisconsin residents chew tobacco.
- In Wisconsin, 14 percent of high school males and two percent of high school females chew it.
- Nationally, seven percent of high school students chew tobacco. It’s more common among male (11 percent) than female high school students (2 percent). Also, an estimated 3 percent of middle school students chew tobacco.
- During 2001, the five largest tobacco manufacturers spent $236.7 million on smokeless tobacco advertising and promotion.
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