Re: Cohen data suspect at best

["Rad health" <healthrad@HOTMAIL.COM>]

The relevent time period of interest for Cohen's studies was 35 years ago.

>From: "dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>

>To: "Rad health" <healthrad@hotmail.com>, <blc+@pitt.edu>

>CC: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>Subject: Re: Cohen data suspect at best

>Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:20:11 -0500

>

>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

>

>

>----- Original Message -----

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

>To: <blc+@pitt.edu>

>Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>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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