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    "ocrText": "Minority Groups want the following principles to be included in any Comprehensive\nTobacco Control Legislation\nAfrican Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans\nrepresent 25% of the nation's population, a percentage that is rapidly increasing. In\nseveral states, the minority youth population comprises over half of the population.\nMinorities have been targeted disproportionately by the tobacco industry. As a result,\nminority smoking rates, especially minority youth rates are increasing at an alarming rate.\nTax increases on tobacco products will be regressive for low-income and minority\npopulations if effective, sustainable, culturally sensitive and language appropriate research,\neducation, prevention and cessation programs are not fully funded and implemented.\nComprehensive tobacco control legislation must address the needs of minorities and\ninclude specific language so that fair, equitable and adequate funding is assured. We\ntherefore recommend:\n1. Long term, sustainable, prevention and education public health programs should have\nnational, state and local components. The programs should be comprehensive, multi-\nmedia, culturally sensitive and language appropriate in order to be effective for each of\nthe minority and/ethnic subgroups to be impacted.\n2. Cessation programs should be culturally sensitive, language appropriate and accessible\nlocally and affordable for low-income persons as well as fully covered for those on\nMedicaid and/or Medicare. Medical and health delivery personnel should be trained\nand involved in these programs.\n3. Comprehensive second hand smoke (ETS) campaigns and regulations should\nemphasize protection of families and individuals in their workplaces.\n4. Minority community based organizations and/or those with a minority focus should be\nintegral to the delivery of prevention, education and cessation programs.\n5. Counter-advertising campaigns should be intensive, long term, sustainable and should\nhave national as well as local programming to assure their effectiveness.\nMust use multi-media: television, radio, print and electronic media\nMust use ethnic language media outlets and services\nMust be culturally and linguistically appropriate and\nMust be based on extensive culturally appropriate research.\n6. Minority institutions and organizations who serve primarily minorities should have\nadequate resources to conduct tobacco-related research in partnership with community\nbased organizations.\n7. HHS and related agencies must collect and analyze data on minorities and ethnic sub-\ngroups with respect to patterns, preferences and use of all tobacco products.\n8. Any tobacco related decision making body, advisory committee or entity at the federal,\nstate or local level should have proportional representation from all minority groups.\n9. Look back provisions must ensure smoking reductions among minority youth, must be\ntough and penalties should be non-tax deductible.\n10. Transitional funds should be provided for minority organizations who receive tobacco\nsponsorship for civic, educational, cultural and athletic events and minority own"
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