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Adult tobacco use practice and its correlates in eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: There is paucity of data on the smoking habits of rural populations in developing countries. This study aimed to explore cigarette smoking practices of a rural community in Ethiopia. METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 548 individuals from a random sample...

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Autores principales: Reda, Ayalu Alex, Kotz, Daniel, Biadgilign, Sibhatu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-10-28
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Kotz, Daniel
Biadgilign, Sibhatu
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description BACKGROUND: There is paucity of data on the smoking habits of rural populations in developing countries. This study aimed to explore cigarette smoking practices of a rural community in Ethiopia. METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 548 individuals from a random sample of households in a rural town and its surrounding rural districts. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-eight percent (95% CI: 24.3% - 31.6%) of the respondents were current smokers. A total of 105 (68%) smokers expressed an interest to quit while 37 (34%) had tried to quit previously but without success. There was high exposure to second-hand smoke: 285 (52%) homes allowed indoor smoking, and in 181 (33%) indoor smoking took place daily. Current smoking was strongly associated with male sex (OR = 83.0; 95% CI: 11.5 – 599.0), and being a student was found to be protective of smoking (OR = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.005 – 0.05). CONCLUSION: Cigarette smoking is prevalent among the male rural town population in Ethiopia. In addition, a high level of exposure to indoor second-hand smoke exists. There is a need for investment in rural tobacco control, including educational campaigns and cost-effective smoking cessation services.
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spelling pubmed-41755062014-09-27 Adult tobacco use practice and its correlates in eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study Reda, Ayalu Alex Kotz, Daniel Biadgilign, Sibhatu Harm Reduct J Research BACKGROUND: There is paucity of data on the smoking habits of rural populations in developing countries. This study aimed to explore cigarette smoking practices of a rural community in Ethiopia. METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 548 individuals from a random sample of households in a rural town and its surrounding rural districts. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-eight percent (95% CI: 24.3% - 31.6%) of the respondents were current smokers. A total of 105 (68%) smokers expressed an interest to quit while 37 (34%) had tried to quit previously but without success. There was high exposure to second-hand smoke: 285 (52%) homes allowed indoor smoking, and in 181 (33%) indoor smoking took place daily. Current smoking was strongly associated with male sex (OR = 83.0; 95% CI: 11.5 – 599.0), and being a student was found to be protective of smoking (OR = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.005 – 0.05). CONCLUSION: Cigarette smoking is prevalent among the male rural town population in Ethiopia. In addition, a high level of exposure to indoor second-hand smoke exists. There is a need for investment in rural tobacco control, including educational campaigns and cost-effective smoking cessation services. BioMed Central 2013-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4175506/ /pubmed/24171800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-10-28 Text en Copyright © 2013 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.
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title_full_unstemmed Adult tobacco use practice and its correlates in eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_short Adult tobacco use practice and its correlates in eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_sort adult tobacco use practice and its correlates in eastern ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-10-28
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