Behavioral interventions for tobacco cessation designed for a specific cultural group produce significantly better results and are more effective than interventions that are not culturally tailored 22,23
Although data on the duration of SLT use, frequency and quantity of SLT consumption, and the quantification of the chemical compounds in the urine of the respondents could guide preventive approaches more accurately, these evaluations were also outside the scope of this study
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Resources CDC on Smoking and Heart Disease and Stroke American Stroke Association:About Stroke Cleveland Clinic on Stroke John Hopkins Medicine on Effects of Stroke Better Health Channel on Effects of Stroke American Heart Association on How Smoking and Nicotine Damage Your Body Mayo Clinic on Smokeless Tobacco National Institutes of Health: damaging effects of vaping, smoking on blood vessels