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Jump to full article: University of Wisconsin, 2009-10-16
Author: Susan Lampert Smith
Intro: In some of Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods, nearly half of all adults are addicted to cigarettes, despite the fact that prices are nearing $9 a pack while many household incomes are below $15,000.
A Wisconsin research project has revealed some surprising misconceptions that may reinforce tobacco's hold on the poor.
Dr. Bruce Christiansen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (CTRI) set out to discover attitudes about smoking among a group of low-income people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city.
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