Differences in smoking initiation between Chinese American and white subjects. Adolescents 12–17 years old, male and female, California, 1990–1996
| Smoking measure | Sex |
Chinese American (n = 347) |
White (n = 10 1 29) | p | |
| Rate of smoking initiation (%) | Boys | 13.5 | 29.8 | <0.01 | |
| Girls | 8.3 | 28.5 | <0.01 | ||
| Total | 10.9 | 29.2 | <0.01 | ||
| Mean age of smoking initiation (years) | Boys | 12.8 | 12.5 | >0.05 | |
| Girls | 13.1 | 13.0 | >0.05 | ||
| Total | 12.9 | 12.7 | >0.05 | ||
| Adjusted mean age of initiation (years) | Boys | 14.8 | 14.6 | >0.05 | |
| Girls | 14.4 | 15.0 | >0.05 | ||
| Total | 14.6 | 14.9 | >0.05 | ||
| Cumulative smoking rate at age 15–17 (%) | Boys | 17.2 | 42.6 | <0.01 | |
| Girls | 13.8 | 43.0 | <0.01 | ||
| Total | 16.1 | 42.8 | <0.01 | ||
| Self-reported 30-day smoking rate (%) | Boys | 3.4 | 11.7 | <0.01 | |
| Girls | 1.2 | 12.3 | <0.01 | ||
| Total | 2.3 | 11.9 | <0.01 | ||