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• TITLE: Cigarette use attitudes and effects of acculturation among Arab immigrants in USA: A preliminary study

  AUTHORS: Linda Haddad, Omar El-Shahawy, Kawkab Shishani, Hala Madanat, Sukaina Alzyoud

  KEYWORDS: Arab Immigrants; Tobacco Smoking; Acculturation; Minority Smoking

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.4 No.10, October 31, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to explore cigarette use patterns, which include current use, beliefs, attitudes, attempts to quit, and acculturation, among Arab immigrants. A sample of self-identified Arab immigrants (221) living in the Richmond, VA metropolitan area was recruited from Middle Eastern groceries, restaurants/lounges, and faith and charitable organizations. Men in this sample had higher rates of cigarette smoking (67.6%) than the rest of the general adult US population. Many smokers in the study had the desire to quit and had made attempts to quit. Further analysis of acculturation in relation to the risk of not considering quitting was performed using logistic regression. The older an individual was when he/she moved to the US (OR = 0.93, CI: 0.87, 0.98) and the more time an individual had spent in the US (OR = 0.93, CI: 0.88, 0.98) contributed significantly to the least number of quit attempts. Further random sampling and study is needed to confirm the high prevalence of tobacco use among this minority group.