By Cliff Despres SaludToday Smoking is a tough opponent to beat. Quitxt is a free texting service in English or Spanish that turns your mobile phone into a personal coach to help you quit smoking, using interactive and entertaining texts,…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday When it comes to smoking, there’s good and bad news for Latinos. The good: Researchers have long known that Latinos adults overall are less likely to smoke cigarettes than their white or black peers. The…
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Study: Some overweight girls start drinking, smoking earlier
Jul 6, 2016, 1:28 PM 0
By Steve Hinnefeld Futurity Girls who were overweight as children are likely to begin using cigarettes, marijuana, or alcohol at an earlier age than peers who were a healthy weight, a new study suggests. But the correlation only shows…
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New anti-smoking campaign targets minorities of color
Oct 13, 2015, 12:46 PM 0
SaludToday The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is launching “Fresh Empire” a hip-hop themed anti-tobacco campaign targeted at Latinos and Blacks. “Unfortunately, the health burdens of tobacco use disproportionately affect minority teens – particularly African American and Hispanic youth,” said…
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Guest Voz: Making the case for Texas Latinos to not endure second-hand smoke
Mar 15, 2013, 12:29 PM 0
By Juan Flores LatinaLista Every day, thousands of Texans’ lives are put in danger as a result of second-hand smoke exposure in the workplace. Texas Latinos, which constitute 41 percent of the state’s population, and 35 percent of the…
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A new study examines the behavior of smokers among people from Mexico and Mexican Americans
Oct 1, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
By Dennis Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA – Led by researchers at UC Davis, the first study of smoking and transnational migration from Mexico to the United states and that of Mexican Americans born in the United States start…
