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A Silent Killer: Tobacco Use Has a Deadly Toll Among Hispanics
October 15th, 2011
Twenty-five year old Anna Luzania knows first-hand the effects of tobacco in the Hispanic Community. As a student at California State University (CSU) at Fresno, she did what many young people enjoying their first years of college do not -- she took action to save the lives of her fellow students and community. Nearly 5.1 million Hispanic adults in the United States smoke, and smoking takes a deadly toll. In 2007, heart disease and stroke accounted for nearly 30 percent of all deaths among Hispanics and more than 27,000 died of cancer. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and among Hispanics; smoking causes nearly one third of cancer deaths each year. Additionally, lung...
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Source: Business and Finance Week (2011-10-15)
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