“…In tobacco research, behavioral patterns of smoking are widely used as indicators of physical dependence. The general pattern of Latino smokers differs notably from that of non‐Latino White smokers in that they smoke fewer cigarettes per day and are more likely to be “light smokers” (typically defined as less than 10 cigarettes per day; Benowitz, Bernert, Caraballo, Holiday, & Wang, ; Caraballo et al, ; Daza et al, ; Lawrence, Fagan, Backinger, Gibson, & Hartman, ; Trinidad et al, ; Trinidad et al, ), are more likely to smoke on a non‐daily basis (Lawrence et al, ; Trinidad et al, ; Trinidad et al, ), and wait longer after waking to smoke (Branstetter, Mercincavage, & Muscat, ; Castro et al, ; Daza et al, ; Trinidad et al, ).…”