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Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes more than 4 million deaths a year to tobacco, and it is expected that this figure will rise to 10 million deaths a year by 2020. Moreover, it is now a growing public health problem in the developing world. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-39 |
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author | Reda, Ayalu A Moges, Asmamaw Yazew, Berhanu Biadgilign, Sibhatu |
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description | BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes more than 4 million deaths a year to tobacco, and it is expected that this figure will rise to 10 million deaths a year by 2020. Moreover, it is now a growing public health problem in the developing world. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of cigarette use and its determinant factors among high school students in eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using structured self-administered questionnaires among 1,721 school adolescents in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to examine associations. RESULTS: The analysis revealed that prevalence of ever cigarette smoking was 12.2% (95% CI 10.8% - 13.9%). Reasons mentioned for smoking cigarettes were for enjoyment (113, 52.8%), for trial (92, 42.9%), and for other reasons (9, 4.3%). The main predictors of cigarette smoking were sex (OR 4.32; 95% CI 2.59-7.22), age (OR 1.20; 95% CI 1.05-1.38) and having friends who smoke (OR 8.14; 95% CI 5.19-12.70). Living with people who smoke cigarettes was not significantly associated with smoking among adolescents (OR 1.25; 95% CI 0.81-1.92). CONCLUSION: This study concluded that high proportion of school adolescents in Harar town smoked cigarettes. Sex, age and peer influence were identified as important determinants of smoking. There is a need for early cost-effective interventions and education campaigns that target secondary school students. |
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spelling | pubmed-35411052013-01-11 Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study Reda, Ayalu A Moges, Asmamaw Yazew, Berhanu Biadgilign, Sibhatu Harm Reduct J Research BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes more than 4 million deaths a year to tobacco, and it is expected that this figure will rise to 10 million deaths a year by 2020. Moreover, it is now a growing public health problem in the developing world. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of cigarette use and its determinant factors among high school students in eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using structured self-administered questionnaires among 1,721 school adolescents in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to examine associations. RESULTS: The analysis revealed that prevalence of ever cigarette smoking was 12.2% (95% CI 10.8% - 13.9%). Reasons mentioned for smoking cigarettes were for enjoyment (113, 52.8%), for trial (92, 42.9%), and for other reasons (9, 4.3%). The main predictors of cigarette smoking were sex (OR 4.32; 95% CI 2.59-7.22), age (OR 1.20; 95% CI 1.05-1.38) and having friends who smoke (OR 8.14; 95% CI 5.19-12.70). Living with people who smoke cigarettes was not significantly associated with smoking among adolescents (OR 1.25; 95% CI 0.81-1.92). CONCLUSION: This study concluded that high proportion of school adolescents in Harar town smoked cigarettes. Sex, age and peer influence were identified as important determinants of smoking. There is a need for early cost-effective interventions and education campaigns that target secondary school students. BioMed Central 2012-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3541105/ /pubmed/23227891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-39 Text en Copyright ©2012 Reda et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Reda, Ayalu A Moges, Asmamaw Yazew, Berhanu Biadgilign, Sibhatu Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title | Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | determinants of cigarette smoking among school adolescents in eastern ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-39 |
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