New CDC Feature Article Highlights Health Equity and the Importance of Improving Tobacco-Related Hea
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
A new
CDC feature article highlights health equity, including the opportunity to
be free from commercial tobacco. More protections are needed to prevent tobacco
use and secondhand smoke exposure among different population groups, and to
help people who use tobacco to quit smoking for good. Everyone deserves to be
as healthy as they can be, and that means living free from the harmful effects
of commercial tobacco. By addressing social determinants of health, including
those related to targeted marketing and barriers to healthcare, states and
communities can move toward health equity and reduce health
disparities.
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