People of Arab descent are at significantly greater risk of diabetes than the general population and use tobacco at high rates, especially younger people, according to findings of the first studies of Arab-Americans\' health published in the medical journal Ethnicity & Disease. The studies were compiled by the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in cooperation with Wayne State University. Some of the studies were based on information culled from Arab-Americans in metropolitan Detroit as part of a series of health conferences sponsored by ACCESS. Other studies were undertaken by researchers at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan.