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Promoting Tobacco Cessation and Smoke-Free Workplaces Through Community Outreach Partnerships in Puerto Rico

Author(s) -

Elba C. DíazToro,

María Eugenia FernándezSantos,

Virmarie Correa-Fernández,

William A. Calo,

Ana P. Ortíz,

Luz Marina Mejía,

Carlos A. Mazas,

María del Carmen Santos-Ortiz,

David W. Wetter

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

progress in community health partnerships

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1557-055X

pISSN - 1557-0541

DOI - 10.1353/cpr.2014.0032

Subject(s) - outreach , smoking cessation , environmental health , medicine , public health , smoke , tobacco use , secondhand smoke , gerontology , political science , geography , nursing , population , pathology , law , meteorology

Puerto Rico (PR) has a lower smoking prevalence than the United States (14.8% vs. 21.2%, respectively); nevertheless, the five leading causes of death are associated with smoking. There is a need to implement evidence-based tobacco control strategies in PR.

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