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Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018
BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined access to cigarettes among adolescents. To address this, we aimed to examine cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent cigarette smokers based on the most recent data from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS). METHODS: We used the most recent sc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9767304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36538421 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.04101 |
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author | Sun, Jiahong Xi, Bo Ma, Chuanwei Li, Zilin Zhao, Min Bovet, Pascal |
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description | BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined access to cigarettes among adolescents. To address this, we aimed to examine cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent cigarette smokers based on the most recent data from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS). METHODS: We used the most recent school-based GYTS data (2010-2018) on 49 856 adolescent cigarette smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories (hereafter “countries”) to examine cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers. RESULTS: Over half (51.2%) of adolescent smokers bought cigarettes from commercial vendors (ie, stores/shops/street vendors/kiosks) and one-third of smokers (32.7%) got cigarettes from private persons (ie, peers or adults). Males (vs females), older adolescents (vs younger ones), and adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from middle- or high-income countries) were more likely to buy cigarettes from commercial vendors. Younger adolescents (vs older ones) and adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from middle- or high-income countries) were more likely to get cigarettes from private persons. As many as 39.6% of adolescent smokers reported that they were not denied buying cigarettes from commercial vendors due to age restrictions, especially among males (vs females), among older adolescents (vs younger ones), and among adolescent smokers from upper-middle-income or high-income countries (vs those from low-income countries). Purchasing cigarettes as single sticks was more likely to occur in males (vs females), in older adolescents (vs younger ones), and in adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from upper-middle-income or high-income countries), with inverse findings for purchasing cigarettes in full packs. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent smokers often obtained cigarettes from commercial vendors or private persons. Additionally, adolescent smokers often purchased cigarettes in packs and as individual sticks. These findings emphasize the need to strengthen measures to reduce the supply of cigarettes to minors. |
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spelling | pubmed-97673042023-01-04 Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 Sun, Jiahong Xi, Bo Ma, Chuanwei Li, Zilin Zhao, Min Bovet, Pascal J Glob Health Articles BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined access to cigarettes among adolescents. To address this, we aimed to examine cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent cigarette smokers based on the most recent data from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS). METHODS: We used the most recent school-based GYTS data (2010-2018) on 49 856 adolescent cigarette smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories (hereafter “countries”) to examine cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers. RESULTS: Over half (51.2%) of adolescent smokers bought cigarettes from commercial vendors (ie, stores/shops/street vendors/kiosks) and one-third of smokers (32.7%) got cigarettes from private persons (ie, peers or adults). Males (vs females), older adolescents (vs younger ones), and adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from middle- or high-income countries) were more likely to buy cigarettes from commercial vendors. Younger adolescents (vs older ones) and adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from middle- or high-income countries) were more likely to get cigarettes from private persons. As many as 39.6% of adolescent smokers reported that they were not denied buying cigarettes from commercial vendors due to age restrictions, especially among males (vs females), among older adolescents (vs younger ones), and among adolescent smokers from upper-middle-income or high-income countries (vs those from low-income countries). Purchasing cigarettes as single sticks was more likely to occur in males (vs females), in older adolescents (vs younger ones), and in adolescent smokers from low-income countries (vs those from upper-middle-income or high-income countries), with inverse findings for purchasing cigarettes in full packs. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent smokers often obtained cigarettes from commercial vendors or private persons. Additionally, adolescent smokers often purchased cigarettes in packs and as individual sticks. These findings emphasize the need to strengthen measures to reduce the supply of cigarettes to minors. International Society of Global Health 2022-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9767304/ /pubmed/36538421 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.04101 Text en Copyright © 2022 by the Journal of Global Health. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Articles Sun, Jiahong Xi, Bo Ma, Chuanwei Li, Zilin Zhao, Min Bovet, Pascal Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title | Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title_full | Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title_fullStr | Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title_full_unstemmed | Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title_short | Cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-2018 |
title_sort | cigarette access and purchase patterns among adolescent smokers aged 12-16 years in 140 countries/territories, global youth tobacco survey 2010-2018 |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9767304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36538421 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.04101 |
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