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By the numbers 1 per cent: Canadians who currently use smokeless tobacco 16 per cent: Canadian youth between the ages of 15 to 19 who are users 19 per cent: Boys in Grade 12 who have tried using, while 7.3 per cent are currently using 33 per cent: Smokeless tobacco users who are under the age of 25, with higher prevalence in the western provinces The Sport Medicine and Science Council of Manitoba surveyed 2,000 athletes 12-21 years of age regarding substance use
All forms of tobacco products smoked and smokeless are linked to cancer
6 / 9 If you smoke, youre more than 3 times as likely to have a stroke -- a blood clot in the brain that can cause any number of problems, including facial paralysis, blurred vision, trouble walking, and sometimes death