African-Americans Smoke Less In Teens, Catch Up By 30s

African-Americans are much less likely to smoke than whites are during their teens. However, a new study finds that most of this advantage disappears by mid-adulthood. “There is a puzzle here in that usually the health disadvantages in African-Americans show up early in life and get worse as they get older,” says Fred Pampel, Ph.D., a sociology professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Filed under: Respiratory on November 11th, 2008