Data

Factsheets

• Tobacco Use and Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities  (APPEAL Factsheet)
• Multiracial Asian American and Pacific Islander Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs  (National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse Factsheet)
• Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Fact Sheet: Asian American and Pacific Islanders  (National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse Factsheet)
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Tobacco Use  (National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse Factsheet)
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Tobacco  (Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum Health Brief)
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth and Tobacco  (APPEAL Factsheet)
• Reasons Why AAPI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex Communities Should Care About Tobacco Use  (APPEAL Factsheet)
• National Policy Recommendations: AAPI Tobacco Cessation  (APPEAL Factsheet)
• Why should AAPI communities give up their tobacco industry monies?  (APPEAL Factsheet)

Data and Reports

• Asian American Pacific Islander Tobacco Coalition Of Washington State - Tobacco Assessment Report of AAPI Community Key-Informants, September 25, 2002  - AAPI community tobacco assessment sponsored by the Washington State Department of Health. 
•  AAPI Tobacco Use Prevalance Data - Tobacco use prevalence among Asian American men and women and Pacific Islander men and women.
• Critical Research and Data Issues on Tobacco Use, Prevention and Control for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders  - a collection of original research and scientific articles on diverse tobacco issues related to tobacco's impact on AAPI communities.
• Medically Underserved AAPIs by County  - Maps developed by the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations.
• Percent of AAPI growth by State Map  - Maps developed by the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations.
• A Qualitative Exploration of the Tobacco Control Needs of Colorado Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)  - Needs assessment conducted by Asian Pacific Development Center and OMNI on behalf of the State Tobacco Education Prevention Partnership of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and AAPI communities in Colorado.
• Slowing the epidemic of tobacco use among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.  Lew R, Tanjasiri SP.  Am J Public Health. 2003 May;93(5):764-8. - Research article highlighting the prevalence of tobacco use in AAPI communities.
• Tobacco Use Reports on AAPI Adults and Youth in Ohio  - Reports and surveys developed by Asian Services in Action, Inc. and Asian American Youth Against Tobacco.
• Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups, African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Hispanics: A Report of the Surgeon General  - Executive summary of a report of the Surgeon General.
• U.S. and State Fact Sheets on AAPIs  - Population and socioeconomic information on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States; factsheets developed by the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations.
  

Bibliography

• Please contact APPEAL PROMISE Network to obtain a list of articles and published research on AAs and NHPIs and Tobacco.