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Due to all of these reasons historical trauma, forced assimilation efforts, genocide, policy failures, and targeted commercial tobacco agendas American Indians suffer from some of the highest rates of smoking and chronic diseases and have the lowest life expectancy of any group in the United States

What that means, is that people are more likely to engage with it. So without the culturally-adapted programs, specific racial and ethnic groups like American Indians with great health disparities would be less likely to stick to the standard care program that seems to work for most of the general population

Your needs may be different or more extensive than the average households

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Meeting our national health goals for reducing smoking will prevent 7.1 million early deaths after 2010