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August 2007, Vol 97, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1348-1349
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.111237

LETTER

SUCCESSFUL LATINO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR SMOKING CESSATION

Sean P. David, MD, SM, DPhil, Marcia Smith, PhD, Christina S. Lee, PhD and Garrett Sullivan

Sean P. David is with the Primary Care Genetics and Translational Research Center, Providence, RI. Sean David, Marcia Smith, and Garrett Sullivan are with the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, and the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence. Christina S. Lee is with the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, and the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Sean P. David, Brown University Center for Primary Care & Prevention, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 (e-mail: sean_david@brown.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

A recent article by Lopez-Quintero et al.1 documented that US-based Latino smokers are less likely to receive smoking cessation advice than non-Latino White or African-American smokers. "Missed opportunities" in the primary-care setting for smoking cessation for Latinos include low acceptability of pharmacotherapies and counseling for smoking cessation.2–4 Innovative strategies, such as the use of community primary care–academic partnership models, are needed to overcome barriers to smoking treatment.1,5,6

In collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Health and a community-based education and advocacy center, Progreso Latino, we implemented a smoking cessation program, ¡Ya No Fumo! ("Right now, I am not . . . [Full Text]




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