Cigarette Smoking Among Native Americans

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If you're a smoker, scientists think you are mentally ill, poor or both. This comes from a new study from the CDC that states cigarette smoking among U.S adults continues to drop except in low-income areas and in those with mental health issues.

SCIENTISTS SEE NEW TREND IN SMOKING NATIVE AMERICANS

Among white and black people, 25% of them still smoke up. Among Asians, 1/10 use cigarettes, however, amongst Native Americans, smoking rates rose almost two percent. The CDC took data from 180,000 people and scientists think they see a pattern. According to them, poor groups, minorities and the mentally ill are using more cigarettes. Furthermore, tobacco stores tend to be in the poor parts of town, which has a large effect on this data.

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