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Health Disparities & Tobacco Use health difference that is closely diseases such as heart disease,

linked with social, economic, and/or cancer and stroke compared to
By Heather Grove, RN BSN environmental disadvantage.” White individuals
Tobacco use is dangerous to everyone Let us explore some health disparities • African Americans/Blacks are
and smoking continues to be the researched by the Center for Disease more likely to be exposed to
leading cause of preventable death in Control and Prevention (CDC) when second hand smoke than any
the United States. However, did you it comes to tobacco use: other racial or ethnic group
know some people are even more • Hispanics/Latinos have less
• African American/Black

adversely affected by the negative health care coverage and are less
individuals usually smoke fewer

effects of tobacco? cigarettes and start smoking at likely to be advised by a health
care provider to quit or have
Healthy People 2020 defines a health an older age, yet are more likely access to cessation treatments

disparity as “a particular type of to die from smoking-related
• People living below poverty
and people with lower levels of
KEEP THE BEAT education smoke more than the
general population and are more
likely to suffer from diseases

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• People living in rural areas have
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