Research

Black and Hispanic smokers less likely to use NRT
A study by the Veterans Health Administration shows that black and Hispanic smokers in the U.S. are less likely than white smokers to use NRT when they attempt to quit. Among study participants, 50% of whites had tried NRT compared to only 34% of blacks and 26% of Hispanics. Click for more information.

Blacks and women underrepresented in lung cancer trials
A study conducted by Wayne State University has found that black and female lung cancer patients were underrepresented in clinical trials. Patients who did not take part in any trial were more likely to be black (45% versus 25% of enrollees), female (43% versus 32% of enrollees), and over age 70 (24% versus 10% of enrollees). The researchers identified a need to improve educational and outreach programs to attract a wider range of patients to treatment trials for lung cancer. The study is published in the January 15th issue of Cancer. Click for more information.

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NAATEN releases African American church toolkit
The National African American Tobacco Education Network has released a resource to assist African American/Black churches in enacting and implementing tobacco-free policies. Click for more information.

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Tobacco industry targeting Hispanic youth
Leaders in the public health community are denouncing new advertising and marketing tactics by the tobacco industry that are aimed at the Latino community, especially Latino youth. Public health groups, including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco, are demanding that the tobacco companies stop targeting the Latino community and are calling on states to increase funding for tobacco prevention programs. In recent months, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company has launched an elaborate, expensive new marketing campaign for Kool cigarettes that has included ads in publications popular with Latino youth. The ad campaign, which includes an eight-page insert in some magazines, features multicultural images and slogans intended to appeal to the aspirations of ethnic minorities. Click to view the Kool ads, or click to read the remainder of the press release from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

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New York:
 
New York anti-smoking campaign targets Chinese-American
New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has launched an anti-smoking campaign in New York City to target the Chinese community. Chinese men in NYC have a smoking rate that is almost twice the average for the city (36% vs. 19%). Click for more information on the campaign.

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