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COMMENTARY: E-cigarettes and the API community

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Reid Mukai For Northwest Asian Weekly Cigarette smoking is a public health issue of particular concern to the Asian-Pacific Islander (API) population. According to Oakland-based Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL), tobacco smoking is associated with three of the top killers of Asian Americans nationwide: heart disease, cancer and stroke.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, API, APPEAL, American Lung Association, Asian Americans, Big Tobacco, Chinese, Herbert Gilbert, Hon Lik, Korean American, Pacific Islanders, Pearl Ridge Shopping Center, Public Health, Reid Mukai, Seattle, Tobacco Control, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28

Is smoking an epidemic for Asians?

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tong K. began to smoke when he secretly took a smoking pipe from his parents in China at the age of eight.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2011, APICAT, American Lung Association, Asian Americans, Asian Language Quitline, China, Chinese Cantonese Mandarin, Elaine Ishihara, King County, Korean, Monday Friday, New Year, Photo Voice Project, Shu Hong Zhu, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, WHO

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