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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prevalence and determinants of adolescent tobacco smoking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health, Volume 7, Article 176, Year 2007
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Background. Tobacco smoking is a growing public health problem in the developing world. There is paucity of data on smoking and predictors of smoking among school-going adolescents in most of sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, the aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of smoking and its associations among school-going adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods. Data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2003 were used to determine smoking prevalence, determinants, attitudes to, and exposure to tobacco advertisements among adolescents. Results. Of the 1868 respondents, 4.5% males and 1% females reported being current smokers (p < 0.01). Having smoking friends was strongly associated with smoking after controlling for age, gender, parental smoking status, and perception of risks of smoking (OR = 33; 95% CI [11.6, 95.6]). Male gender and having one or both smoking parents were associated with smoking. Perception that smoking is harmful was negatively associated with being a smoker (odds ratio 0.3; 95% confidence interval, 0.2-0.5). Conclusion. Prevalence of smoking among adolescents in Ethiopia is lower than in many other African countries. There is however need to strengthen anti-tobacco messages especially among adolescents. © 2007 Rudatsikira et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rudatsikira, Emmanuel M.
United States, Loma Linda
Loma Linda University
Abdo, Abdurahman
United States, New York
Unicef
Muula, Adamson Sinjani
Malawi, Zomba
University of Malawi
Statistics
Citations: 125
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-7-176
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Ethiopia
Participants Gender
Male
Female