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*Puerto Ricans are likelier than other Latinos to be current smokers.
*For Latinas, there is a positive relationship between level of acculturation and smoking.
*In 2005, 22 percent of Hispanic high school students smoked, a 19% increase over the 2003 smoking rate of 18.4 percent.
*6 out of 10 Latina pregnant adolescents report drinking beer or
wine before their third month of pregnancy.
*Latinos come in second highest in use of alcohol, binge drinking
and heavy alcohol use.
*Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Hispanics between the ages of 1 and 34!
*In 2004, 9.4 percent of Hispanic middle school students smoked.
*Puerto Rican women are nearly twice as likely to smoke as women of other Hispanic groups.
*Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among Latinos living in the United States.
*Hispanic children ages 5 to 12 are 72% likelier to die in a motor vehicle crash than non-Hispanic children. |
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Suite 313
New York, NY 10013
March 2007
President's Column
Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, EdD
LCAT President & Co-Founder
¡Saludos a nuestros amigos y colegas!
I bring you greetings on behalf of the LCAT Board of Directors and staff. We’ve been very busy over the last several months with the relocation of our national headquarters to New York City and the re-opening of our Washington, DC office. During this time the staff has hit the ground running with several new initiatives and activities, as well as expanding our ongoing work. We’ll be sharing these programmatic and policy activities with you shortly.
Alejandro is on board!
I’d like to officially welcome Alejandro Garcia-Barbón who has returned to LCAT as the Executive Vice President on January 1, 2007. He is based in our Washington, DC office where he is providing leadership for program and policy initiatives that are based in DC, in addition to overseeing our networks.
Headquarters office in the Big Apple is open!
The national office in New York City is up and running. Our staff has been joined by two wonderful individuals that you’ll be hearing a great deal from as we launch our communication initiatives and strengthen our ties with the LCAT Fellows, our networks across the country and partners in the field. We welcome Lesly Rodriguez, Program Coordinator and Wynnie Lamour, Program Assistant. Their bios and photos can be found in About Us section of our website.
Stronger Communication in the Field!
Over the next little while, we will launch our monthly newsletter with content of interest to those working on alcohol and tobacco issues affecting Latino communities in the U.S. In addition, you’ll be receiving periodic electronic News and Action Alerts containing brief, timely and up to the minute items of relevance to the field.
As part of our communications efforts, we’ll be re-designing our website so that it contains more resources and relevant content for those seeking information on Latino alcohol and tobacco issues.We look forward to many more years of continued service to our Latino communities and to those who service them.
Hasta pronto,
Marilyn
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