Unmet Priority Population Needs in Tobacco Control: Large Disparities—Little Master Settlement Agreement Dollars  

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Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Health Promotion Practice vol. 5 no. 3 (Jul. 2004), page 111S-112S.
Fulltext: 111S.pdf (47.45KB)

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This section of the journal explores various approaches and the failure of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) to meet tobacco control needs of priority populations. Many factors make these populations particularly vulnerable. Some groups have experienced an extraordinary growth in the past 10 years, namely, Hispanic/Latino and Asian and Pacific Islanders (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000), increasing their purchasing power and becoming more attractive to the tobacco industry. Others experience high prevalence rates sometimes double that of the general population, such as American Indians, Vietnamese, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (Joint Ethnic Tobacco Education Networks [JETEN], 2003; Ryan, Wortley, Easton, Pederson, & Greenwood, 2001) and low socioeconomic status (SES) communities (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 1998). Others suffer a disproportionate burden of tobacco-related diseases, such as African Americans, lesbian/gay/ bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, and American Indians, experiencing premature death, lost productivity (Max, Rice, Zhang, Sung, & Miller, 2002; USDHHS, 1998), higher rates of lung cancer mortality, cardiovascular disease, and asthma (JETEN, 2003). However, they benefit less because of lack of funding from the MSA and other health care dollars going specifically to these groups.

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