U.S. Spending $653K to 'Reduce Tobacco Use' Among Brazilian Women

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2013-08-13 00:03

Article here. Excerpt:

'The National Institutes of Health is funding a program to convince female “light-smokers” in Brazil to kick their bad habit, at a cost to American taxpayers of $653,190.

“There is a great need for the development of gender-relevant tobacco control efforts,” the description of the study on the NIH website reads. “We have established community and institutional capacity to promote gender-relevant tobacco control efforts among women in a tobacco producing states in Brazil.”

Scientists are hoping their research will allow them to design a culturally- and gender-specific “intervention” convincing Brazilian women not to light up.'

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... and women for that matter are getting how much put toward butt-snuffing efforts?

Just why the hell are we financing *Brazil's* anti-smoking efforts anyway???

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2013-08-13 03:01