Cigarette Smoking Behavior Among US Latino Men and Women From Different Countries of Origin

Pérez‐Stable, Eliseo J.; Ramirez, Amelie G.; Villareal, Roberto; Talavera, Gregory A.; Trapido, Edward; Suarez, Lucina; Martí, José; McAlister, Alfred L.

doi:10.2105/ajph.91.9.1424

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“…Past research has found that foreign-born Latino men are more likely to smoke compared to their female compatriots and that, viewed collectively, a smaller percent of all foreign-born Latino adults smoke compared to all US-born adults and to other US-born minority groups separately (except for Asians). [24][25][26] These results should be interpreted with some caution, however, given that Latino immigrants are also more likely to underreport smoking behavior. 27 And, it is important to note when considering factors influencing Latino immigrant smoking, especially "acculturation," which has often been viewed simply as an individual-level adjustment process, that the tobacco industry has developed strategies to market directly to foreign-born Latin American populations in the USA.…”

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Holmes

Marcelli

2014

J Urban Health

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Tobacco smoking is estimated to be the largest preventable cause of mortality in the USA, but little is known about the relationship between neighborhood social environment and current smoking behavior or how this may differ by population and geography. We investigate how neighborhood social cohesion and disorder are associated with smoking behavior among legal and unauthorized Brazilian migrant adults using data from the 2007 Harvard-UMASS Boston Metropolitan Immigrant Health and Legal Status Survey (BM-IHLSS), a probabilistic household survey of adult Brazilian migrants. We employ logistic regression to estimate associations between neighborhood social cohesion, neighborhood disorder, and current smoking. We find that neighborhood-level social cohesion is associated with lower likelihood of being a current smoker (O.R.=.836; pG.05), and neighborhood disorder, measured as crime experienced in the neighborhood, is not associated with current smoking. Neighborhood population density, age, being male, and residing with someone who smokes are each positively associated with current smoking (pG.10). The health of participants' parents at the age of 35, being married, and individual earnings are associated with a reduction in the probability of being a current smoker (pG.05). Migrant legal status and length of residence in the USA are not associated with current smoking. Our findings suggest that neighborhood social cohesion may be protective against smoking. Alternatively, neighborhood disorder does not appear to be related to current smoking among Brazilian migrants.

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Holmes

Marcelli

2014

J Urban Health

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“…32 The U.S. Census Bureau does not cross-tabulate specific Spanish-origin groups; breakdowns are presented only for Hispanics as a whole. Grouping Hispanics without consideration for social, historical, cultural, health, and socioeconomic distinctions 33,34 hampers our understanding of lifestyle differences impacting behavior. 35 It was our goal to describe physical activity among a subgroup on the rise, whose origins or ancestors derive primarily from the Caribbean/Atlantic islands.…”

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Physical Activity Participation among Caribbean Hispanic Women Living in New York: Relation to Education, Income, and Age

Giardina

Laudano

Hurstak

et al. 2009

Journal of Women's Health

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Background: Inadequate participation in physical activity is a serious public health issue in the United States, with significant disparities among population groups. In particular, there is a scarcity of information about physical activity among Caribbean Hispanics, a group on the rise. Methods: Our goal was to accumulate data on physical activity among Caribbean Hispanic women living in New York and determine the relation between physical activity and age, marital status, education, income, primary language, and children in the household. To this end, a survey adapted from the National Health Interview Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics assessing type, frequency, and duration of physical activity was administered. Results: There were 318 self-identified Hispanic women who participated. Total activity time, mean 385 Ϯ 26 minutes, and education (r ϭ 0.14, p Ͻ 0.01) were significantly related. Women who had attended some college had greater total activity time than those with some high school education (p ϭ 0.046) or Ͻ 8th grade education (p ϭ 0.022). Walking as a form of transportation was the most frequent pursuit, 285 Ϯ 21 minutes. Age (r ϭ Ϫ0.34, p Ͻ 0.001) and education (r ϭ 0.25, p Ͻ 0.001) correlated with nonwalking activity time (leisure time). Nonwalking activity times were greater in younger, that is, 18-29 years (p Ͻ 0.001) and college-educated women (p Ͻ 0.001). Physical activity recommendations were met by 11%; and 17% reported no physical activity. Conclusions: Among Caribbean Hispanic women living in New York City, the current recommendations for physical activity are met by 11%, and physical activity and education are significantly related. Our observation that education is a critical factor related to physical activity suggests that programs to address the promotion of a physically active lifestyle are needed.

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“…All RS would be important to address with Latino smokers and Pleasure to Smoke, Addictive Smoking, and Social Smoking are especially important to address among converted nondaily Latino smokers. At a population level, Latinos tend to be low frequency smokers (Perez-Stable et al, 2001;Zhu, Pulvers, Zhuang, & BaezcondeGarbanati, 2007), therefore discovering possible targets for discussion in counseling this group is important. For the most sensitive interventions, it would be advised to assess smoking history to distinguish between native and converted nondaily smoking status.…”

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Reasons for Smoking Among Tri-Ethnic Daily and Nondaily Smokers

Pulvers¹,

Scheuermann²,

Emami³

et al. 2014

Nicotine &Amp; Tobacco Research

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Cigarette Smoking Behavior Among US Latino Men and Women From Different Countries of Origin

Abstract: Older, US-born, and more-educated respondents were less likely to be current smokers. Respondents of Puerto Rican and Cuban origin were more likely to smoke. Acculturation has divergent effects on smoking behavior by sex.

Cited by 240 publications

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Physical Activity Participation among Caribbean Hispanic Women Living in New York: Relation to Education, Income, and Age

Reasons for Smoking Among Tri-Ethnic Daily and Nondaily Smokers

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