Tobacco Product Use and Cultural Connectedness among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Asian America
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Johnson
DL, Okamoto SK, Rosario MH, Pokhrel P.
Tobacco Product Use and
Cultural Connectedness among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Asian American,
and Filipino American Young Adults in Hawai'i.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2022 Dec 29:1-15. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2161082. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 36579697.
Tobacco product use rates among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI), Asian
American, and Filipino American young adults in Hawai'i have risen rapidly in
recent years following the introduction of electronic nicotine delivery
systems. Though some research has examined tobacco use correlates for these
demographics of young adults, research examining protective factors, such as
cultural connectedness, is lacking. Additionally, research that disaggregates
Asian Americans from Pacific Islanders is scarce, despite the differing risk
and protective factors that have been determined for each group. This study
separately examined cultural connectedness among NHPIs, Asian Americans, and
Filipino Americans to help fill the gaps in the current tobacco product
literature. The findings indicated that Asian Americans and Filipino Americans
who identify more with their own cultures are less likely to use e-cigarettes;
however, this relationship was not supported for NHPIs. No significant evidence
was found to indicate a relationship between cultural connectedness and
combustible cigarette use among any of the sampled groups. The lack of
relationship between cultural connectedness and e-cigarette use among Native
Hawaiians may be explained by measurement limitations in the study, and suggest
the need for more culturally competent scales (e.g., an enculturation scale)
that account for Indigenous status.
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