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Article: New Reports Identify Need for Culturally Appropriate Approaches to Tobacco Cessation in Minnesota's Latino and Southeast Asian Communities.
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- April 10, 2006
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EAGAN, Minn., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- First-of-their-kind qualitative reports on tobacco use in Minnesota's Latino and Southeast Asian communities were released today by the Diverse Racial Ethnic Groups and Nations (DREGAN) project. The reports, titled "Tobacco Use in Minnesota: Perspectives from Latino Communities" and "Tobacco Use in Minnesota: Perspectives from Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese Communities," are unique for three reasons:
1. No one in Minnesota has conducted qualitative interviews of this depth
on tobacco use with these communities.
2. From start to finish this project involved members of these
communities.
3. ...