Ex-tobacco pickers get pickier and pickier.
Among adults, 25 percent of blacks said they were smokers, compared with nearly 26 percent of whites and 26.5 percent of the population overall. Among youths, 16 percent of whites and 7 percent of blacks said they smoked, compared with 13.8 percent overall.
"That's a good thing," Mr. London said. In the past, blacks in the United States have been much more likely than whites to smoke.
He said perhaps antismoking messages that had been aimed at blacks could now be aimed at Native Americans and other groups.
| We're breathing easier after reading this Reuters (via New York Times) article "Report on Smoking is Broken Down by Ethnicity"
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