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Oklahoma program targets tobacco use in black population

Guiding Right Inc. is working with ministers and businesses to discourage tobacco use among black Oklahomans.
The Oklahoman
added Oct 9, 2012 02:37
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[Asia-pacific] Pacific Islanders have high obesity, smoking rates

University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking.
EurekAlert
added Sep 27, 2012 13:14
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Quit chewing tobacco advice issued for UK South Asians

Not all products carry a health warning or state that they contain tobacco
BBC Online
added Sep 26, 2012 14:25
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[UK] GPs urged to act over patients' smokeless tobacco use

GPs should encourage people in South Asian communities to stop using smokeless tobacco and offer referral to cessation schemes, according to NICE.
GP Magazine (uk)
added Sep 26, 2012 13:18
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Dick Meister: Danger and death in the tobacco fields

There are nearly 100,000 tobacco harvesters, some as young as 12, most of them Mexican immigrants. They work during the summer in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, the country's leading tobacco producer. As the AFL-CIO, its Farm Labor Organizing Comm
San Francisco Bay Guardian
added Sep 26, 2012 12:25
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[Mexico, USA] Smoking trends among Mexicans, Mexican-Americans

Led by UC Davis researchers, the first-ever transnational study of Mexico-U.S. migration and smoking has found that U.S.-born Mexican Americans start smoking at an earlier age but are more likely to quit than their counterparts in Mexico. Just published
Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
added Sep 21, 2012 17:06
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Highlights from the American Journal of Public Health: November 2012 issue

1) Secondhand smoke exposure is attributable to health and economic burden . . . 3) Tobacco use patterns differ across U.S. states and subpopulations
Newswise
added Sep 20, 2012 17:45
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Secondhand Smoke Takes Large Physical and Economic Toll

Exposure Disproportionately Affects African Americans, Especially Infants
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
added Sep 20, 2012 17:42
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VIDEO: Asians migrants in Australia keen to quit smoking habit

Smoking is still commonplace in many parts of Asia, and even culturally acceptable, with some children as young as 10 taking it up.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
added Sep 8, 2012 22:41
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[Australia, China] Anti-smoking group reaches out to migrants

Quit Victoria is partnering with the Chinese Cancer Society in an effort to translate resources, train Chinese-speaking educators and provide material for local Chinese newspapers.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
added Sep 7, 2012 13:11
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