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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Prevalence of tobacco use among students aged 13-15 years in health ministers' council/gulf cooperation council member states, 2001-2004
Journal of School Health, Volume 78, No. 6, Year 2008
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Background This article examines differences and similarities in adolescent tobacco use among Member States of the Health Ministers' Council for the Gulf Cooperation Council (HMC/GCC) using Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data. Methods Nationally representative samples of students in grades associated with ages 13-15 in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Schools were selected proportional to enrollment size, classes were randomly selected within participating schools, and all students in selected classes were eligible to participate. Results GYTS results confirmed that boys are significantly more likely than girls to smoke cigarettes or use shisha (water pipe). Students had higher rates of tobacco use than adults in Bahrain, Oman, and United Arab Emirates. For boys and girls, shisha use was higher than cigarette smoking in almost all countries. Susceptibility to initiate smoking among never smokers was higher than current cigarette smoking in all countries. Exposure to secondhand smoke in public places was greater than 30%, direct protobacco advertising exposure was greater than 70% on billboards and in newspapers, and more than 10% of students were influenced by indirect advertising. Finally, less than half of the students were taught in school about the dangers of tobacco use in the past year. Conclusions For boys and girls, high prevalence of cigarette smoking, high prevalence of shisha use, and high susceptibility of never smokers to initiate smoking in the next year are troubling indicators for the future of chronic disease and tobacco-related mortality in the Member States of the HMC/GCC. © 2008, American School Health Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moh'D Al-Mulla, Ahmad
Qatar, Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation
Abdou Helmy, Sahar
Oman, Muscat
Ministry of Health Oman
Al-Lawati, Jawad Ahmed
Oman, Muscat
Ministry of Health Oman
al-Nasser, Sami
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Ministry of Health Kuwait
Ali Abdel Rahman, Salah
Bahrain
Anti-smoking Society
Almutawa, Ayesha
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Ministry of Health and Prevention
Abi Saab, Bassam
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Ministry of Health and Prevention
Al-Bedah, Abdullah Mohammad N.
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia
Al-Rabeah, Abdullah Mohamed
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia
Ali Bahaj, Ahmed
Yemen
Hadramout College of Medicine
El-Awa, Fatimah M.S.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Warren, Charles Wick
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Jones, Nathan R.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Asma, Samira
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statistics
Citations: 90
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00311.x
ISSN:
00224391
e-ISSN:
17461561
Research Areas
Environmental
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male
Female