Table 3: Country of origin and immigration status among South Asian adults in the US northeast overall and among ever and current cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users by gender, 2003–2006/7 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

Overall Ever smoker Current smoker Ever SLT Current SLT Males  1st gen American of South Asian descent 8.4 10.6 6.0 1.3 0.0  India 70.0 66.1 57.8 90.8 85.9  Pakistan 9.6 10.7 23.4 7.9 14.1  Bangladesh 12.0 12.5 12.9 0.0 0.0 Females  1st gen American of South Asian descent 17.6 46.6 50.0 31.2 No current use  India 65.6 43.9 34.4 68.8  Pakistan 11.1 9.5 15.5 0.0  Bangladesh 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0