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$50,000 in grants given to curb smoking among gays 

Jump to full article: Charleston (WV) Gazette, 2008-10-03
Author: Eric Eyre Staff writer

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The state Division of Tobacco Prevention has distributed $100,000 in grants for programs designed to curb smoking in the gay community.

Covenant House and Bluefield State College each received a $50,000 grant this week to help gay people stop smoking and using chewing tobacco in central and Southern West Virginia.

Recent studies have shown that gays are about twice as likely to smoke . . .

"HIV isn't our biggest health threat; it's tobacco," said Jeff Crist, development director at Covenant House, a Charleston nonprofit.

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