05.15.08
Asian-American communities especially hurt by tobacco
Study says that Asian Americans are more susceptible to illnesses caused by smoking, because they are the ones who smoke like chimneys, they are cigarette sticks more than they have to a day.
Smoking puts everyone’s life at risk, because of the chemical that is in the cigarette itself comes out in the form of smoke and you exhale it and before you know it it’s already in infecting your lungs. A large number of Asian Americans populations are smoking. They are the only racial group which lung cancer is the primary reason of death. More or less 70% of Asian American in California alone does smoke. The study shows as well that, more than a half of a country’s budget is being spent on the medical costs for those people who are sick due to smoking, and more than a half of a country’s production cost is lost due to disease caused by smoking.
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