School of Public Administration, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC05 3100, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
J Relig Health. 2021 Jun;60(3):1739-1759. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00843-5.
This study aims to contribute to the literature on smoking, religion, and health, by analyzing the associations between smoking and health of a sample of US immigrants, who represent many religions, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds. Immigrants to the USA have better health outcomes than their native-born peers. This paper asserts that the pattern of smoking, influenced by immigrants' religion and religiosity, is key to understanding this phenomenon. This study investigates the relationship between religion and health of new legal immigrants to the USA by analyzing the New Immigrant Survey. The findings suggest that there is a protective relationship between immigrant religion and smoking patterns, both in likelihood of having ever smoked and in quitting smoking.
本研究旨在为吸烟、宗教和健康领域的文献做出贡献，通过分析代表多种宗教、种族和文化背景的美国移民样本中吸烟与健康之间的关系。移民到美国的人比他们的土生土长的同龄人有更好的健康结果。本文认为，吸烟模式受到移民宗教和宗教信仰的影响，这是理解这一现象的关键。本研究通过分析新移民调查来研究新移民到美国后的宗教与健康之间的关系。研究结果表明，移民宗教与吸烟模式之间存在保护关系，无论是吸烟的可能性还是戒烟的可能性都是如此。
