"Smoking": Use of Cigarettes, Cigars and Blunts among Southeast Asian American Youth and Young Adults

Autor/inn/en	Lee, J. P.; Battle, R. S.; Lipton, R.; Soller, B.
Titel	"Smoking": Use of Cigarettes, Cigars and Blunts among Southeast Asian American Youth and Young Adults
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 25 (2010) 1, S.83-96 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyp066
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Marijuana; Young Adults; Adolescents; Asian Americans; Urban Population; Age Differences; Low Income; Correlation; Health Behavior; Drug Use; Interviews; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Stadtbevölkerung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Niedriglohn; Korrelation; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kalifornien
Abstract	Increased use of cigars has been noted among youth, as well as use of blunts (hollowed-out cigars filled with marijuana). Three types of relationships have been previously hypothesized between use of tobacco and marijuana in substance use progression. We aimed to assess these relationships for Southeast Asian American youth and adults in an urban population. We conducted in-person interviews with 164 Southeast Asians, smokers and non-smokers, in two low-income urban communities in Northern California, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. Analysis of the quantitative data indicated distinct use patterns for blunts, cigars and other forms of marijuana in terms of associations with generation in the United States. The use of these items was also found to be related: ever having smoked cigarettes or blunts increased the risk of ever having smoked the other three items. Qualitative data found indications of all three hypothesized relationships between tobacco and marijuana for youths but not for older adults. For youths in the study, "smoking" was found to constitute a social construct within which use of cigarettes, cigars and blunts were somewhat interchangeable. Youths in similar settings may initiate into and progress through smoking as an activity domain rather than any one of these items. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10