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Developing Countries Face Cancer Epidemic
States with well-funded tobacco control programs see a larger and more rapid decline in adult smoking than other states, a new study concludes. "It appears that sustained, well-funded programs become increasingly effective over time," said the study's lead author, Matthew Farrelly, of the nonprofit research institute RTI International. The study was co-sponsored by RTI and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There was a direct link between states with the biggest declines in adult smoking and state per person investments in tobacco control programs, the researchers said in a statement. Results of the study appear in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The most successful programs combined educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and social strategies to encourage smoke-free policies, to promote and assist tobacco users to quit, and to prevent would-be smokers from ever starting, the researchers said.
The search for a soldier: A tearful thank you
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.) NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Andy Jimenez took the wheel and set out on the seven-hour drive to Watertown, N.Y. His destination: Fort Drum, a military base nestled north of Syracuse and not far from Lake Ontario.It was the second time he would travel to Fort Drum. The first was three years ago when his son Alex had returned to the base from a tour of duty in Korea. He headed back Monday, but this time Spc. Alex Jimenez wouldn't be there. He was captured in a pre-dawn terrorist ambush on May 12 in an area of Iraq known as the Triangle of Death and hasn't been heard from since.For Andy, the trip was tough but necessary. He needed to say thank you to Alex's friends and fellow soldiers in the Army's elite 10th Mountain Division. They had recently returned after a 15-month tour of duty and six months of looking for his son.
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