Smokeless Tobacco use in Montana is one of the highest rates in the Nation

National “Through With Chew Week” is February 14th-20th” this year. "Through with Chew Week" is an effort to call attention to the use of smokeless tobacco. Montana has one of the highest rates of smokeless tobacco use in the nation.

According to the 2012 Montana Prevention Needs Assessment, 29.7% of Phillips County high school seniors used smokeless tobacco compared to 14.5% of high school seniors statewide.

The Phillips County Coalition for Healthy Choices is conducting an educational campaign for Through with Chew Week, February 14-20, 2016, with the message that chewing tobacco...