"Through With Chew Week" gets boost from local officials

Montana dentists, otolaryngologists—physicians concerned with the ears, nose, and throat have proclaimed the week of February 15–21, 2015, as "Through with Chew Week" in 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 Wee...