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Rod Lew, MPH and Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH

Rod Lew is with Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership, Oakland, Calif. Sora Park Tanjasiri is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Irvine.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Rod Lew, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership, 439 23rd Street, Oakland, Calif 94612 (email: rodlew{at}aapcho.org).

Data on tobacco use among the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) population remain limited, although existing studies indicate that tobacco use prevalence among males from specific AAPI groups is significantly higher than in the general US male population.

This high prevalence of tobacco use and the disparities in use result from social norms, targeted marketing by the tobacco industry, lack of culturally and linguistically tailored prevention and control programs, and limited impact of mainstream tobacco control programs for AAPIs.

We review the available literature on tobacco use among AAPI men and women, highlight a national agenda that promotes tobacco prevention and control for AAPI communities, and acknowledge recent trends including the increase of tobacco use among AAPI women and girls.

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