Tailoring tobacco control messages for Hispanic populations

Hispanics, for example, are "social smokers" and smoke in somewhat different patterns from non-Hispanic whites, with a large amount of smoking occurring on Saturdays when friends and family come together. 2 Information such as this is important, because it allows us to work within a Hispan...

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Published in:Tobacco control 2000-03, Vol.9 (suppl 1), p.i51-i51
Main Authors: Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes, Garbanati, James A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Cigarette smoking
Communities
Culture
Ethnolinguistics
Family
Health Personnel
Health Promotion
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Humans
I. Tailored Communications for Smoking Cessation
Literacy
Noncitizens
Population
Population control
Population education
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Tailoring
Target markets
Targetting Special Populations for Tobacco Intervention in Managed Care
Tobacco
Tobacco Use Disorder - prevention & control
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Summary:Hispanics, for example, are "social smokers" and smoke in somewhat different patterns from non-Hispanic whites, with a large amount of smoking occurring on Saturdays when friends and family come together. 2 Information such as this is important, because it allows us to work within a Hispanic value system to deliver the most effective messages possible, via the integration of Hispanic cultural elements into effective prevention or cessation intervention strategies.
ISSN:0964-4563
1468-3318
DOI:10.1136/tc.9.suppl_1.i51