• Everyone deserves a fair and equitable chance to be as healthy as possible. It’s called health equity.
  • Achieving health equity means addressing systemic issues, unfair practices, and unjust conditions that negatively impact the health of specific groups.
Geographic Regions and Commercial Tobacco: Health Disparities and Ways to Advance Health Equity | Tobacco – Health Equity

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To achieve health equity, we work to eliminate health disparities, or differences in health outcomes that are closely linked to social, economic, and environmental factors. To improve health equity for everyone, no matter where they live, we must consider the role of commercial tobacco.

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Office of Tobacco and Health