Add to ORKGIntroduction: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Interest in developing countries smoking prevalence has been growing since 1999. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of current cigarette smoking and associated factors among school-age adolescents in Kafue, Zambia. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using standard Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) methodology. Frequencies and odds ratios were obtained to assess the association between selected factors and current cigarette smoking. Results: Data on current smoking were available for 1872 adolescents, of whom 891 (47.6%) were males and 981 females. Overall 154 (8.2%) adolescents were current cigarette smokers, while 93 (10.4%) males and 61 ...
Background. In developing countries, tobacco smoking has its own contribution to the burden of nonco...
Background There is a growing epidemic of tobacco use among adolescents in the developing world. How...
Background: Tobacco use is an alarming public health problem worldwide and causes significant morbid...
Introduction: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Interest in de...
Background: Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of non-infectious disea...
Background: Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of non-infectious disea...
Abstract: Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischaemic hea...
Introduction: Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death, and kills about 7 million people an...
Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischaemic heart disease...
The majority of adults who smoke cigarettes initiated the habit when they were adolescents or young ...
Introduction: tobacco is one of the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Tobacco consu...
Background: Non communicable diseases are a growing public health concern. Globally tobacco-related ...
Background: Tobacco use is a major public health concern worldwide. Zambia has been controlling toba...
(GYTS), we assessed factors associated with current cigarette smoking among adolescents. We estimate...
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States; responsible for more than 40...
Background. In developing countries, tobacco smoking has its own contribution to the burden of nonco...
Background There is a growing epidemic of tobacco use among adolescents in the developing world. How...
Background: Tobacco use is an alarming public health problem worldwide and causes significant morbid...
Introduction: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Interest in de...
Background: Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of non-infectious disea...
Background: Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of non-infectious disea...
Abstract: Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischaemic hea...
Introduction: Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death, and kills about 7 million people an...
Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischaemic heart disease...
The majority of adults who smoke cigarettes initiated the habit when they were adolescents or young ...
Introduction: tobacco is one of the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Tobacco consu...
Background: Non communicable diseases are a growing public health concern. Globally tobacco-related ...
Background: Tobacco use is a major public health concern worldwide. Zambia has been controlling toba...
(GYTS), we assessed factors associated with current cigarette smoking among adolescents. We estimate...
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States; responsible for more than 40...
Background. In developing countries, tobacco smoking has its own contribution to the burden of nonco...
Background There is a growing epidemic of tobacco use among adolescents in the developing world. How...
Background: Tobacco use is an alarming public health problem worldwide and causes significant morbid...