,,,Troubling Trends in Indiana: Most Vulnerable Groups Have Highest Smoking Rates

Troubling Trends in Indiana: Most Vulnerable Groups Have Highest Smoking Rates


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Indiana University. Center for Urban Policy and the Environment

Author(s): Tysha Hardy-Sellers; Dustin E. Wright; Eric R. Wright; Stephen Jay

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: Indiana

Abstract:

This report discusses smoking statistics and trends in Indiana. Some minority groups at highest risk for medical problems caused by tobacco have the highest smoking rates. Also, rates are higher among groups with socio-economic disadvantage.