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ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND TOBACCO
Fact Sheet (September, 1998)
Asians/Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, nearly tripling in size from 1980 to 1998. Among racial and ethnic groups, the prevalence of current smoking is lowest among Asians/Pacific Islanders (16.6 percent), compared with American Indians/Alaskan Natives (36.2 percent), African Americans (25.8 percent), whites (25.6 percent), and Hispanics (18.3 percent).
Recent prevalenc ...
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