Pittsburghers Slow to Quit
U.S. Newswire, April, 2008
To: HEALTH EDITORS
Contact: John G. Craig Jr. of Pittsburgh Regional Indicators, 1- 412-779-9054, jgc14@pitt.edu; or Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., of University of Pittsburgh, 1-412-648-9994, bdgold@pitt.edu
PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ - The latest health data on smoking suggests that while Pittsburghers are cutting back they lag the nation and benchmark cities when it comes to quitting.
This information is among a cluster of indicators based on information from a 2006 report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and posted today on http://www.pittsburghtoday.org, the Pittsburgh Regional Indicator project web site.
Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein, a member of the indictor organizing committee, remarked that the data show "smoking to be more...
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