Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Use Patterns

Abstract

Objectives To provide a national depiction of Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI) tobacco use and highlight considerations for targeted interventions. Methods We analyzed data from the 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey for subgroup differences in prevalence and consumption of various tobacco products. Results Use varies considerably by ethnic subgroups for cigarette smoking (including menthol) and other forms of tobacco. Despite being lighter, less frequent, and seemingly less dependent smokers, AANHPIs had similar quit ratios as non-AANHPIs. Conclusions AA and NHPI disparities in tobacco use may be due to underutilization of cessation resources, including those for non-cigarette tobacco products, and lack of availability of culturally-appropriate resources. Community-based and regulatory approaches should be employed to reduce use of all tobacco products, especially among high prevalence subgroups.

Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2013.

“…Articles mainly centered on alcohol use (n = 11;Banerjee et al, 2014; Blanco et al, 2014; Jimi Huh, Heesung Shin, et al, 2014; Jimi Huh, Thing, Abramova, Sami, & Unger, 2014;Lo, Cheng, & Howell, 2014;Mukherjea, Wackowski, Lee, & Delnevo, 2014;Pagano, Lee, & Sin, 2014;Pokhrel, Little, Fagan, Kawamoto, & Herzog, 2014; Pokhrel, Kim et al Page 16 Asian Am J Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 01.…”

“…Substance use emerged as an important health issue across a wide range of developmental periods, including adolescence (e.g., Okamoto, Kulis, et al, 2014), emerging adulthood (e.g., Jimi Huh, Heesung Shin, et al, 2014;Luczak et al, 2014) and all other periods of adulthood (e.g., Mukherjea et al, 2014;Tsang et al, 2014). The majority of studies used quantitative-correlational designs with analytical methods such as analysis of variance, linear or logistic regression, and structural equation modeling (n = 15; e.g., Mukherjea et al, 2014). Among the correlational studies, six used longitudinal designs (n = 6; Bart et al, 2014; Blanco et al, 2014; Boyd, Corbin, & Fromme, 2014; Jimi Huh, Heesung Shin, et al, 2014;Luczak et al, 2014;L.-T. Wu et al, 2014), and the rest used cross-sectional designs.…”

“…Articles mainly centered on alcohol use (n = 11; Banerjee et al, 2014;Blanco et al, 2014;Jimi Huh, Heesung Shin, et al, 2014;Jimi Huh, Thing, Abramova, Sami, & Unger, 2014;Lo, Cheng, & Howell, 2014;Mukherjea, Wackowski, Lee, & Delnevo, 2014;Pagano, Lee, & Sin, 2014;Pokhrel, Little, Fagan, Kawamoto, & Herzog, 2014;Pokhrel, Little, Fagan, Muranaka, & Herzog, 2014;Tsang et al, 2014;Williams & Nigg, 2014) and drug/nonmedical stimulant use, resistance, and treatment (n = 3; Bart, Lenz, Straka, & Brundage, 2014;Okamoto, Pel, Helm, & Valdez, 2014;L.-T. Wu, Swartz, Brady, Blazer, & Hoyle, 2014). Other articles studied substance use more generally, covering cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, or "hard" drugs (n = 8; L. Fang & Schinke, 2014;Helm, Okamoto, Kaliades, & Giroux, 2014;Okamoto, Kulis, Helm, Edwards, & Giroux, 2014;Savage & Mezuk, 2014;.…”

“…Other articles studied substance use more generally, covering cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, or "hard" drugs (n = 8; L. Fang & Schinke, 2014;Helm, Okamoto, Kaliades, & Giroux, 2014;Okamoto, Kulis, Helm, Edwards, & Giroux, 2014;Savage & Mezuk, 2014;. Substance use emerged as an important health issue across a wide range of developmental periods, including adolescence (e.g., Okamoto, Kulis, et al, 2014), emerging adulthood (e.g., Jimi Huh, Heesung Shin, et al, 2014;Luczak et al, 2014) and all other periods of adulthood (e.g., Mukherjea et al, 2014;Tsang et al, 2014). The majority of studies used quantitative-correlational designs with analytical methods such as analysis of variance, linear or logistic regression, and structural equation modeling (n = 15; e.g., Mukherjea et al, 2014).…”

Moving toward a true depiction of tobacco behavior among Asian Indians in California: Prevalence and factors associated with cultural smokeless tobacco product use

“…3,4 In India, these CST products may be used for fulfilling religious obligations, observing traditional holidays, and celebrating events. 5 For instance, paan (a homemade betel quid often containing tobacco) is used by Hindus as 1 of 8 religiously sanctioned enjoyments of life, 5 whereas commercially manufactured concoctions of betel nut and tobacco, such as paan masala and gutka, are used to denote hospitality and equality.…”