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Comparison of Personal Characteristics, Tobacco Use, and Health States in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White Adults

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Abstract

This study compared and contrasted personal characteristics, tobacco use (cigarette and water pipe smoking), and health states in Chaldean, Arab American and non-Middle Eastern White adults attending an urban community service center. The average age was 39.4 (SD = 14.2). The three groups differed significantly (P < .006) on ethnicity, age, gender distribution, marital status, language spoken, education, employment, and annual income. Current cigarette smoking was highest for non-Middle Eastern White adults (35.4%) and current water pipe smoking was highest for Arab Americans (3.6%). Arab Americans were more likely to smoke both cigarettes and the narghile (4.3%). Health problems were highest among former smokers in all three ethnic groups. Being male, older, unmarried, and non-Middle Eastern White predicted current cigarette smoking; being Arab or Chaldean and having less formal education predicted current water pipe use.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to recognize and thank the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) staff and community members including Drs. Evone Barkho & Nuha Jamil for volunteering their time and effort to help in data collection and computer data entry. A special thank you to all clients who so willingly participated in this study.

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  1. Arab American & Chaldean Council (ACC), 28551 Southfield Road, Lathrup Village, MI, 48076, USA

    H. Jamil, M. Fakhouri, R. Khouri & H. Fakhouri

  2. Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    H. Jamil

  3. College of Nursing, Wayne State University, 366 Cohn Building, 5557 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    T. Templin & V. H. Rice

  4. Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

    Hasan Al-Omran & Ibrahim Al-Fauori

  5. Ferris State University, Michigan, USA

    Omar Baker

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-008-9129-3

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Jamil, H., Templin, T., Fakhouri, M. et al. Comparison of Personal Characteristics, Tobacco Use, and Health States in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White Adults. J Immigrant Minority Health 11, 310–317 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-008-9125-7

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