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Hispanic Community event to raise awareness on smoking cessation

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A CDC study shows that almost 25 percent of male Hispanics in grades 9 to 12 are cigarette smokers. Click here to read a 6-10-2010 news article from the Press of Atlantic City about the NJ Hispanic community at risk.

Global Advisors on Smokefree Policy (GASP) joined LATINO Magazine, the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and other public health organizations in hosting an event to raise awareness on smoking cessation in the Hispanic community Wednesday, May 19 at The New Jersey Medical School in Newark. Click here for the press release.