Arab Americans' acculturation and tobacco smoking.
Limited information is available about Arab Americans' smoking behaviors. The aim of this study was to describe Arab Americans' smoking behaviors and any relationship between tobacco dependence and acculturation. This was a cross-sectional study. Arab American smokers and ex-smokers (N = 96) participated in the study. Nicotine dependence, acculturation, and tobacco use questionnaires were used to measure the major variables. Analyses revealed a significant positive correlation between acculturation and tobacco dependence and between tobacco exposure and tobacco dependence. Arab Americans who behaved most like their ethnic peers and spent more time with Arab Americans were more dependent on nicotine.
Al-Omari
Hasan
H
School of Nursing, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Scheibmeir
Monica
M
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires