§ 23-64-2 Purpose and findings. – The general assembly has found and hereby declares that:
(1) Recent health data indicate that minority groups in RhodeIsland, as in the United States, face excess rates of preventable diseasecompared to other nonminority populations.
(2) The mortality rate for minorities from such preventablediseases as heart disease, cancer and stroke is up to fifty (50) percent higherthan non-minorities. Minorities also experience excess deaths from injury andexcess morbidity due to low birth weight. All these health problems areamenable to reduction through lifestyle change.
(3) Minority populations in Rhode Island frequently encounterbarriers to information and services which promote healthy lifestyles andprevent unnecessary disease.
(4) It is the intent of this chapter to establish a minoritypopulation health promotion program to provide health information, educationand risk reduction activities to reduce the risk of premature death frompreventable disease in minority populations.
(5) The minority health promotion program shall be funded bya tax imposed on smokeless tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco – substanceswhich have been determined by the United States surgeon general to beassociated with preventable death and disease, particularly cancer of themouth, oral cavity, and pharynx.
§ 23-64-2 Purpose and findings. – The general assembly has found and hereby declares that:
(1) Recent health data indicate that minority groups in RhodeIsland, as in the United States, face excess rates of preventable diseasecompared to other nonminority populations.
(2) The mortality rate for minorities from such preventablediseases as heart disease, cancer and stroke is up to fifty (50) percent higherthan non-minorities. Minorities also experience excess deaths from injury andexcess morbidity due to low birth weight. All these health problems areamenable to reduction through lifestyle change.
(3) Minority populations in Rhode Island frequently encounterbarriers to information and services which promote healthy lifestyles andprevent unnecessary disease.
(4) It is the intent of this chapter to establish a minoritypopulation health promotion program to provide health information, educationand risk reduction activities to reduce the risk of premature death frompreventable disease in minority populations.
(5) The minority health promotion program shall be funded bya tax imposed on smokeless tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco – substanceswhich have been determined by the United States surgeon general to beassociated with preventable death and disease, particularly cancer of themouth, oral cavity, and pharynx.
§ 23-64-2 Purpose and findings. – The general assembly has found and hereby declares that:
(1) Recent health data indicate that minority groups in RhodeIsland, as in the United States, face excess rates of preventable diseasecompared to other nonminority populations.
(2) The mortality rate for minorities from such preventablediseases as heart disease, cancer and stroke is up to fifty (50) percent higherthan non-minorities. Minorities also experience excess deaths from injury andexcess morbidity due to low birth weight. All these health problems areamenable to reduction through lifestyle change.
(3) Minority populations in Rhode Island frequently encounterbarriers to information and services which promote healthy lifestyles andprevent unnecessary disease.
(4) It is the intent of this chapter to establish a minoritypopulation health promotion program to provide health information, educationand risk reduction activities to reduce the risk of premature death frompreventable disease in minority populations.
(5) The minority health promotion program shall be funded bya tax imposed on smokeless tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco – substanceswhich have been determined by the United States surgeon general to beassociated with preventable death and disease, particularly cancer of themouth, oral cavity, and pharynx.
