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Oklahoma State University study puts ex-smokers’ cigarettes to use

 
SUSAN SIMPSON    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: August 2, 2009

STILLWATER — For smokers trying to quit their habit, that "last” cigarette is usually the final one in the pack.

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TO DONATE CIGARETTES

Opened and unopened packs of cigarettes can be mailed to Jared Dempsey, director of the Clinical Neuroscience Lab, Oklahoma State University, 116 N Murray, Stillwater, OK 74078-3064.



GRANTS GIVEN

Four researchers who study tobacco use and the risk of tobacco-related disease in Oklahoma are the recipients of $200,000 in grants from the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, a program of the OU Cancer Institute.

Marshall Cheney
Cheney, of the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, is studying why blacks begin cigarette smoking at a later age than other groups and how to intervene.

Jennifer Peck
Peck, assistant professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, is investigating gestational diabetes as a potential tobacco-related health problem.

Norman Wong
Wong, of OU’s department of communication, will study the effectiveness of antismoking messages.

Jinying Zhao
Zhao, associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the OU College of Public Health, will look at how smoking impacts genes and arteries in American Indians.

SUSAN SIMPSON,

STAFF WRITER

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