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Grants issued to assess effects of smoking, smoke 

Eleven research grants totaling $2.8 million are being issued in Minnesota to assess the effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke on young Hispanics and African immigrants.

Some of the grants also are going toward addressing the effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke in multifamily housing.

The money is being distributed by ClearWay Minnesota, an independent, nonprofit antismoking organization whose funding includes money from the state's 1998 tobacco settlement.

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