February 17 Webinar: Reducing Tobacco Use among African Americans and Youth: What's Menthol Got To
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
In celebration of African American History month, SCLC is hosting a webinar on February 17th,"Reducing Tobacco Use among African Americans and Youth: What's Menthol Got To Do With It?". African Americans have the highest rate of hypertension of all ethnic groups in the U.S. With the tendency to develop high blood pressure earlier in life, this then also places the population at higher risk for heart disease. Both are smoking attributable diseases. Dr. Phillip Gardner is the webinar presenter; he has lectured around the country on African American health disparities and smoking of menthol cigarettes in the Black community.
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