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Hispanics
Powerful influences undermine
public health efforts
After increasing in the 1970s and 1980s, death
rates from respiratory cancers decreased slightly
Smoking is associated with depression,
among Hispanic men and women in 1990-1995.
psychological stress, and environmental factors
In general, smoking rates among Hispanics
such as peers who smoke and tobacco marketing
increase as they learn and adopt the values,
practices.
beliefs, and norms of American culture.
Tobacco advertisements promote the perception
Declines in the prevalence of smoking have
of cigarette smoking as safe and far more
been greater among Hispanic men with at least a
widespread and socially acceptable than is
high school education than among those with
actually the case.
less education.
Tobacco companies garner community
Factors that are associated with smoking among
loyalty by hiring community members,
Hispanics include drinking alcohol, working and
providing communities with tobacco
living with other smokers, having poor health,
sales and advertising revenues, funding
and being depressed.
community organizations, and
supporting educational, political,
cultural, and sports activities.
Choosing health
More than 10 million African Americans,
Helping people enjoy smoke-free lives
American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics
Group approaches for quitting smoking generally
smoke cigarettes. Without intervention, this
have not been successful with members of ethnic
number may swell in the coming decade.
groups, possibly because the processes used have
not been culturally relevant or because of a lack of
Both direct and passive exposure to cigarette
transportation, money, and access to health care.
smoking poses special hazards to pregnant
women, babies, and young children. Babies and
To be effective in discouraging tobacco use
children who are exposed to tobacco smoke have
among young people, strategies should include
more ear infections, asthma, and even die of
restricted access to tobacco products,
SIDS more often. Mothers who smoke during
school-based prevention programs, and mass
pregnancy are more likely to have low-
media campaigns geared to young people's
interests, attitudes, and cultural values.
birthweight babies and put their babies at
increased risk of SIDS.
The most successful programs for quitting
smoking do more than deliver culturally
Smoking trends today will determine how heavy
appropriate messages. They provide practical
the health burden will be among communities
information about the health consequences of
tomorrow. Programs that reflect cultural
tobacco use, resources to help people quit, and
diversity will be cornerstones in the battle
specific techniques for quitting.
against tobacco use.
Cigarette smokers among U.S. racial/ethnic minority populations
These four groups now make up almost a fourth of the U.S. adult population of 194 million.
1995 adult
1994-1995
Number of
population
smoking prevalence
adult smokers
21.4 million
26.5%
5.7 million
African Americans
American Indians and Alaska Natives
1.3 million
39.2%
0.5 million
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
6.2 million
15.3%
0.9 million
17.3 million
18.9%
3.3 million
Hispanics
Sources: National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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