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Secondhand Smoke’s Toll Heavy on African-Americans (314 hits)

A study of the impact of secondhand smoke in 2006 found that more than 41,000 American adults and nearly 900 infants died of secondhand smoke-related diseases, according to new study in the American Journal of Public Health. The study also found that African-Americans had a much greater exposure to secondhand smoke than whites, particularly among African-American men ages 45-64. African-American women ages 20-44 had a higher exposure rate than any other group of women.

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Posted By: Nina Cherie Franklin Franklin
Friday, September 21st 2012 at 12:42PM
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