Fresno State receives $1.2 million grant to research tobacco usage amongst Latinos

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Five Fresno State students are excited to partake successful a task that could amended service the Latino assemblage successful the agelong run.

"They selected america due to the fact that we each bring thing to the array that volition beryllium capable to payment this probe specifically," Fresno State pupil Martin Montes said.

Thanks to a $1.2 cardinal assistance from the University of California Office of the President, the cohort volition behaviour probe connected baccy and nicotine-related power issues.

Fresno State Psychology Professor Dr. Rosa Toro says it's important to shed airy connected existent statistic and the wellness risks galore face.

In 2021 - 6.2% of big Latinos successful California smoked, ranking them arsenic the 2nd largest radical successful the category.

In Fresno County - 9.4% of big Latinos smoked, and 13.5% reported the usage of a non-cigarette baccy product.

"We truly spot this arsenic a nationalist wellness situation and we judge the champion mode to get astatine this contented is to instrumentality from our own, meaning our students here," Dr. Toro said. "They are members of this assemblage truthful they person the passionateness of helping their assemblage arsenic acold arsenic improving nationalist wellness outcomes."

The extremity is to alteration their findings into large and impactful messages for the nationalist - helping marque a difference.

Dr. Toro says the acquisition is besides gathering the adjacent question of baccy power experts and advocates.

"And for students, I truly privation them to beryllium successful a spot wherever they tin spot themselves arsenic agents of change," she said.

Montes is excited astir what the adjacent twelvemonth volition bring.

"I privation to go a aesculapian director, and wrong that, you are going to person to bash a batch of probe successful a hospital, truthful the probe facet connected a section level is going to assistance maine out," Montes said.

Toro is recruiting for the adjacent cohort. Students of each large are invited to apply.

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