English language proficiency and smoking prevalence among California's Asian Americans.

The authors documented California's tobacco control initiatives for Asian Americans and the current tobacco use status among Asian subgroups and provide a discussion of the challenges ahead. The California Tobacco Control Program has employed a comprehensive approach to decrease tobacco use in Asian Americans, including ethnic-specific media campaigns, culturally competent interventions, and technical assistance and training networks. Surveillance of tobacco use among Asian Americans and the interpretation of the results have always been a challenge.

Friendships and relationships: Sacramento AANCART's best practice.

The best practice of Sacramento's Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training program is friendships and relationships.