Age of smoking initiation among adolescents in Africa
| Autor: | Rijo M. John, Hadii M. Mamudu, Ahmed E.O. Ouma, James F. Thrasher, Daniel Owusu, Divya Pillendla, Abdallah Ibrahim, Sreenivas P. Veeranki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Tobacco industry Peer Group World health Smoking behavior 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Prevalence Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Developing Countries Multinomial logistic regression Marketing 030505 public health business.industry Public health Smoking Tobacco control Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Tobacco Products Africa Western Smoking initiation Harm Adolescent Behavior Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Public Health. 62:63-72 |
| ISSN: | 1661-8564 1661-8556 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00038-016-0888-7 |
| Popis: | To estimate prevalence and identify correlates of age of smoking initiation among adolescents in Africa. Data (n = 16,519) were obtained from nationally representative Global Youth Tobacco Surveys in nine West African countries. Study outcome was adolescents’ age of smoking initiation categorized into six groups: ≤7, 8 or 9, 10 or 11, 12 or 13, 14 or 15 and never-smoker. Explanatory variables included sex, parental or peer smoking behavior, exposure to tobacco industry promotions, and knowledge about smoking harm. Weighted multinomial logit models were conducted to determine correlates associated with adolescents’ age of smoking initiation. Age of smoking initiation was as early as ≤7 years; prevalence estimates ranged from 0.7 % in Ghana at 10 or 11 years age to 9.6 % in Cote d’Ivoire at 12 or 13 years age. Males, exposures to parental or peer smoking, and industry promotions were identified as significant correlates. West African policymakers should adopt a preventive approach consistent with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to prevent an adolescent from initiating smoking and developing into future regular smokers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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