Epidemiology of Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use among South Asian Immigrants in the Northeastern United States

Table 2

Prevalence* of ever and current cigarette and smokeless tobacco use among adults in New Jersey and the US northeast by gender and race/ethnicity, 2003–2006/7 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

	New Jersey								Northeast
	Males				Females				Males				Females
			Smokeless tobacco				Smokeless tobacco				Smokeless tobacco				Smokeless Tobacco
	Cigarette use		use		Cigarette use		use		Cigarette use		use		Cigarette use		use
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
White
Ever	45.9	(43.8–48.0)	8.7	(7.5–9.9)	39.2	(37.2–41.2)	0.3	(0.3–0.9)	47.4	(46.5–48.2)	13.4	(12.7–14.0)	40.4	(39.7–41.1)	1.1	(1.0–1.2)
Current	16.1	(14.4–17.8)	1.0	(0.5–1.5)	13.5	(12.2–14.8)	0.1	(0.0–0.1)	19.2	(18.6–19.8)	2.3	(2.0–2.6)	16.7	(16.2–17.2)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)
Black
Ever	36.8	(30.4–43.3)	4.2	(1.8–6.7)	26.5	(22.0–31.0)	0.6	(0.0–1.2)	35.9	(33.1–38.8)	3.6	(2.5–4.6)	27.0	(25.1–29.0)	0.8	(0.4–1.1)
Current	20.6	(14.8–26.3)	0.3	(0.0–0.8)	14.9	(11.4–18.4)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	20.5	(18.0–23.0)	0.5	(0.1–0.9)	15.7	(14.0–17.4)	0.2	(0.1–0.3)
Hispanic
Ever	31.7	(26.5–37.0)	2.7	(1.1–4.3)	17.1	(13.4–20.7)	0.4	(0.0–0.6)	32.0	(29.6–34.4)	2.9	(2.1–3.6)	20.6	(18.9–22.2)	0.3	(0.1–0.4)
Current	18.3	(14.1–22.5)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	8.9	(5.8–12.0)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	18.9	(16.9–20.8)	0.5	(0.1–0.8)	11.9	(10.5–13.2)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)
Asian
Ever	36.7	(27.8–45.6)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	3.3	(0.3–6.2)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	28.5	(24.9–32.1)	2.0	(0.8–3.1)	7.9	(5.7–10.1)	0.1	(0.1–0.3)
Current	18.6	(10.9–26.3)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	1.3	(0.0–3.2)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	15.9	(12.7–19.1)	0.4	(0.1–0.9)	4.6	(2.8–6.4)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)
South Asian
Ever	30.9	(21.3–40.6)	2.7	(0.0–6.0)	3.6	(0.0–7.7)	1.7	(0.0–2.6)	22.7	(17.6–27.7)	2.5	(0.8–4.1)	4.3	(1.5–7.0)	0.7	(0.1–1.5)
Current	12.0	(5.4–18.6)	2.7	(0.0–6.0)	3.6	(0.0–7.7)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)	9.5	(5.7–13.2)	1.4	(0.2–2.6)	2.6	(0.2–5.0)	0.0	(0.0–0.0)
Overall
Ever	41.8	(40.0–43.6)	6.7	(5.8–7.6)	31.9	(30.2–33.6)	0.2	(0.3–0.7)	43.7	(42.9–44.4)	10.8	(10.3–11.3)	35.5	(34.8–36.1)	0.9	(0.8–1.0)
Current	16.9	(15.4–18.4)	0.8	(0.4–1.1)	12.2	(11.1–13.4)	0.1	(0.0–0.1)	19.0	(18.4–19.6)	1.9	(1.6–2.1)	15.5	(15.0–16.0)	0.0	(0.0–0.1)

*Weighted percentages.