The impact of acculturation on smoking in Asian American homes.

This study examined the relationship between acculturation and smoking in Asian American homes and the factors that predict whether Asian Americans have family members or visitors smoking in the home. A sample of 1,374 participants was selected using a stratified-cluster proportional sampling technique. Overall, 38.

Perceptions of risks of smoking among Asian Americans.

Background: Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of illness and death in the United States. Few studies focus on Asian Americans, one of the fastest growing but underserved populations in the United States.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey method was used for this study.

Perceived risks of certain types of cancer and heart disease among Asian American smokers and non-smokers.

This study assessed knowledge levels of health risks of tobacco use among the Asian American (AA) community in the Delaware Valley region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including metropolitan Philadelphia. A cross-sectional self-report survey was conducted to collect the information, and a stratified-cluster proportional sampling technique was used to obtain a representative sample size of the target population of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodians. 1374 AA were recruited from 26 randomly selected community organization clusters; of the total recruited, 1174 completed the survey, which consisted of 410 Chinese, 436 Korean, 196 Vietnamese, 100 Cambodian and 32 other-group.