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Smoking’s impact across racial, ethnic groups focus of UH study
Researchers from the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center collaborated on a study that sheds light on the complex links between smoking habits, epigenetics (the factors beyond DNA sequence that impact gene activity), and the risk of smoking-related diseases, such as lung cancer.
Report: Hawaiʻi Using Just 4% of Funds from Tobacco Settlement for Prevention
The report notes that tobacco companies spend $4 to promote tobacco use for every $1 Hawaiʻi spends to prevent it. That’s just 4% of the $170.9 million that will be collected by the state this year from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes.
