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A commitment to health equity involves understanding health disparities related to commercial tobacco and factors that cause these disparities.A Several factors connect commercial tobacco with higher levels of disease, disability, and death in different population groups. For example:
These policies, practices, and conditions affect many Americans—yet they don’t work the same way in every community or for every population group. Disparities in commercial tobacco use, secondhand smoke exposure, related health problems, and access to treatment can exist based on where people live, the type and amount of employment and health insurance they have, and other social and demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability status, level of education, income, and/or behavioral health status.
There are differences in tobacco use, access to prevention services, and cessation treatments for tobacco use among specific populations.
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