Smokeless tobacco or health : an international perspective.

[Rockville, Md.] : [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute], 1992.

li, 363 pages : illustrations.

["September 1992."]

The smokeless tobacco problem: risk groups in North America -- Surveillance of and knowledge about cancer associated with smokeless tobacco use -- Smokeless tobacco use in India -- Smokeless tobacco in professional baseball: patterns of players' use -- Oral mucosal lesions: clinical findings in relation to smokeless tobacco use among U.S. baseball players -- Smokeless tobacco use in India: effects on oral mucosa -- Smokeless tobacco-associated epithelial and langerhans cell changes -- The use of smokeless tobacco in Sweden -- Periodontal effects associated with the use of smokeless tobacco: results after 1 year -- Oral carcinoma and smokeless tobacco use: a clinical profile -- Chemical composition of smokeless tobacco products -- Carcinogenesis of smokeless tobacco -- Oncogenes in head and neck cancer -- Oncogenes in tobacco-induced oral cancer -- Metabolism and macromolecular binding of NNK and NNN, important carcinogens in smokeless tobacco -- Role of nicotine as a cofactor in smokeless tobacco carcinogenesis -- Perinatal carcinogenesis by constituents of smokeless tobacco: animal models and potential human risk

(cont) Interaction between smokeless tobacco-related carcinogens and human papillomaviruses in the pathogenesis of oral dysplasia and cancer -- Identification of human papillomavirus DNA in smokeless tobacco keratoses and premalignant and malignant oral lesions, by PCR amplification with consensus sequence primers -- Lipids as factors in the cell response to tobacco components -- Role of viruses in oral carcinogenesis -- Pharmacology of smokeless tobacco use: nicotine addiction and nicotine-related health consequences -- Recent advances in understanding the actions of nicotine in the central nervous system -- Dependence on smokeless tobacco -- Marketing smokeless tobacco: implications for preventive education -- Applying the social inoculation model to a smokeless tobacco use prevention program with Little Leaguers -- Enough snuff: ST cessation from the behavioral, clinical, and public health perspectives -- Smokeless tobacco cessation and nicotine reduction therapy -- Role of dentists in cessation counseling: survey findings -- An intervention study of tobacco habits among rural Indian villagers.

(cont) WHO strategies to curb smokeless tobacco: a global perspective -- Legal and administrative strategies for control and prevention of the use of smokeless tobacco -- National Cancer Institute's role in reducing tobacco use.

Includes bibliographical references and index.