title: National trends in smoking behaviors among Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban men and women in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined trends in smoking behaviors across 2 periods among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data from the 1992-2007 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey. We constructed 2 data sets (1990s vs 2000s) to compare smoking behaviors between the 2 periods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant decreases in ever, current, and heavy smoking were accompanied by increases in light and intermittent smoking across periods for all Latino groups, although current smoking rates among Puerto Rican women did not decline. Adjusted logistic regression models revealed that in the 2000s, younger Mexicans and those interviewed in English were more likely to be light and intermittent smokers. Mexican and Cuban light and intermittent smokers were less likely to be advised by healthcare professionals to quit smoking. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans who were unemployed and Mexicans who worked outdoors were more likely to be heavy smokers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increases in light and intermittent smoking among Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Americans suggest that targeted efforts to further reduce smoking among Latinos may benefit by focusing on such smokers.
authors.affiliation: Lyzette Blanco and Dennis R. Trinidad are with the School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Robert Garcia is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable is with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Martha M. White, Karen Messer, and John P. Pierce are with the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
authors.forename: Lyzette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Eliseo J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Stable
authors.forename: Martha M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Trinidad
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology