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Assessment of Tobacco Users in Creating an Educational Intervention to Promote Oral Health

The purpose of this study was to characterize smoking behaviors amongst individuals of various socioeconomic status, to assess the need to develop an educational program that addresses the failure of getting treatments for diseases that stem from tobacco related products. Further, we wished to identify the target populations that might be the most suitable to be recruited in such a program for behavioral intervention and consultation by an oral health professional with a goal to to dissuade individuals from smoking and other tobacco use. Consuming tobacco in form of cigarettes, but also in more ‘artisanal’ forms like cigars and pipes as well as the current trend to ‘vaping’ or even consuming entirely smokeless tobacco are behaviors that are ultimately detrimental to the oral and subsequent physical health of individuals. Socioeconomic status has been negatively correlated with the engagement in such unhealthy behaviors, thereby potentially burgeoning society with increased treatment costs while suggesting that better access to public resources might be a viable way to reduce tobacco consumption across the socioeconomic strata in the future.