Cigarette smoking among San Francisco Hispanics: the role of acculturation and gender. | Zendy

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Cigarette smoking among San Francisco Hispanics: the role of acculturation and gender.

Author(s) -

Gerardo Marín,

Eliseo J. PérezStable,

Bárbara VanOss Marín

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.2.196

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , acculturation , smoking prevalence , cigarette smoking , psychological intervention , smoking cessation , smoking epidemiology , gerontology , environmental health , immigration , population , geography , archaeology , pathology , psychiatry , sociology

We conducted a phone survey of 1,669 San Francisco Hispanics ages 15 to 64 years. The age-adjusted overall smoking prevalence was 25.4 per cent (95% CI = 23.3, 27.5) with more men (32.4 per cent) smoking than women (16.8 per cent). Age-adjusted smoking rates were higher among the less acculturated males (37.5 vs 26.7 per cent) and among the more acculturated females (22.6 vs 13.6 per cent). The more acculturated, however, smoked a greater number of cigarettes per day independent of gender. Community-based smoking cessation interventions, adapted to local conditions, may have a greater potential for success among Hispanics.

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