Re: Cohen data suspect at best

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>]

This information from Massachusetts contradicts the assertion that blacks

have a higher smoking rate than whites:  "The rate of recent smoking among

African-American students is about two-thirds the rate for white students."



http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/archive98/5598tob.html





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From: "Rad health" <healthrad@hotmail.com>

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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 5:02 PM

"Lung cancer as well as  smoking rates rates are much higher for blacks so

this could not be  stratified correctly using your data.



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