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Latino Cigarette Smoking Patterns by Gender in a US-National Sample

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Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Abstract

Background

Latino smokers are a rising public health concern who experience elevated tobacco-related health disparities.

Purpose

Additional information on Latino smoking is needed to inform screening and treatment.

Analysis

Latent class analysis using smoking frequency, cigarette preferences, onset, smoking duration, cigarettes per day, and minutes to first cigarette was used to create multivariate latent smoking profiles for Latino men and women.

Results

Final models found seven classes for Latinas and nine classes for Latinos. Despite a common finding in the literature that Latino smokers are more likely to be low-risk intermittent smokers, the majority of classes for both males and females described patterns of high-risk daily smoking. Gender variations in smoking classes were noted.

Conclusions

Several markers of smoking risk were identified among both male and female Latino smokers, including long durations of smoking, daily smoking, and preference for specialty cigarettes, all factors associated with long-term health consequences.

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This work was supported by grant no. 5R37DA018673-11 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and by the American Legacy Foundation.

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Authors Allison N. Kristman-Valente and Brian P. Flaherty declare that they have no conflict of interest. All procedures, including the informed consent process, were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000.

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Kristman-Valente, A.N., Flaherty, B.P. Latino Cigarette Smoking Patterns by Gender in a US-National Sample. ann. behav. med. 50, 34–47 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9729-9

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