TABLE 1.
—Percentages of Current Adult Smokers, by Sex: Selected Asian American/Pacific Islander Populations
| Men, % | Women, % | Location | |
| Cambodian Americans | |||
| 198510 | 70.7 | 12.9 | San Diego County, California |
| 198911 | 32.8 | … | Washington State |
| 199512 | 38.8 | 21.5 | Franklin County, Ohio |
| Chinese Americans | |||
| 1989–199013 | 28.1 | 1.2 | Oakland Chinatown |
| 20006 | 33.6 | 2.1 | Chicago Chinatown |
| Chinese–Vietnamese: | |||
| 198510 | 54.5 | 1.7 | San Diego County, California |
| Hmong Americans: | |||
| 198510 | 26.0 | 1.7 | San Diego County, California |
| Korean Americans: | |||
| 198914 | 38.5 | … | Los Angeles, California |
| 1994–199515 | 38.7 | 6.0 | Alameda County, California |
| 199816 | 31.0 | 6.9 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Laotian Americans | |||
| 198717 | 72.0 | … | |
| 198911 | 51.2 | … | Washington State |
| 199512 | 48.2 | 10.8 | Franklin County, Ohio |
| South Asians: | |||
| 2001a | 26.0 | … | New York City |
| Vietnamese Americans | |||
| 198510 | 64.7 | 0.0 | San Diego County, California |
| 198718 | 56.0 | 9.0 | Oakland, San Francisco |
| 198919 | 39.1 | 2.3 | San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles |
| 198911 | 41.7 | … | Washington State |
| 199120 | 34.7 | 0.4 | California |
| 199421 | 43.2 | … | Massachusetts |
| 199512 | 43.3 | 9.3 | Franklin County, Ohio |
| Native Hawaiians: | |||
| 199022 | 42.0 | 34.0 | Hawaii |
| American Samoans: | |||
| 198923 | 50.0 | 14.0 | American Samoa |
| Chuukese: | |||
| 198523 | 53.0 | 11.0 | Weno, Chuuk |
| Palauan: | |||
| 1995b24 | 58.3 | 67.2 | Palau |
aFrom unpublished data, but represents only known data on South Asians.
bOnly reported use of tobacco with betel nut.