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Expense May Be Causing Fewer Young Blacks to Smoke

8/29/2011

Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health found that rising cigarette prices and other economic and social factors led to the sharp drop in smoking that occurred among black youth between the 1970s and 1990s. Racial differences in parental attitudes, religious ties, negative health concerns and experiences, worsening poverty, increased food stamp use, and rising cigarette prices are the major reasons for the more rapid decrease and continuing lower rate of smoking among black youth compared to those in other racial/ethnic groups.

Source: HealthDay

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