Tobacco use among high school students in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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“…[8910111213141516] The findings of this report and previous research[101417] show that the difference in current cigarette smoking between boys and girls is smaller than the difference between men and women. Furthermore, use of other tobacco products by students is as high as, or higher than, cigarette smoking in all regions of the world, except the Americas and European region, in comparison with India.…”

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A substantive review on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in India

Sagarkar

Arabbi

et al. 2013

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Tobacco use among the adolescents in india is believed to be on an increase. Therefore, a systematic review was carried out to summarize these studies. Several electronic databases were searched, supplemented by screening reference lists, smoking-related websites, and contacting experts. Selection, extraction, and quality assessments were carried out by one or two independent reviewers. The focus was on studies conducted on the school-going children in india and discussed in a global perspective. A narrative review was carried out. Many of the studies lacked sufficient power to estimate precise risks associated with the study subjects, as it mainly involved questionnaire studies. Studies were often designed to investigate tobacco use, but many had major methodological limitations including poor control and imprecise measurements of exposure. Studies in india showed a high risk of major health-related illness and several forms of cancers such as oro-pharyngeal cancers associated with the chewing form of tobacco. Studies from other regions and of other cancer types were not consistent. Tobacco use is increasing among the adolescents and has become an persistent issue that is usually carried over to their adulthood. In india, there is a stringent need for awareness creating oral health education programs in the school and college premises.

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A substantive review on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in India

Sagarkar

Arabbi

et al. 2013

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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“…Knowledge regarding harmful effect and health hazard of tobacco use was found significantly associated with ever use of tobacco in other studies [ 7 – 11 , 13 – 27 ]. Bivariate analysis revealed the same finding in this study.…”

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Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among adolescents in the schools of Kalaiya, Nepal: a cross-sectional questionnaire based study

Bhaskar¹,

Sah²,

Gaurav³

et al. 2016

Tob. Induced Dis.

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BackgroundAdolescent students are vulnerable group for tobacco addiction. Tobacco use among school children is becoming a serious problem in developing countries. This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use and to determine associated factors among adolescent students of Kalaiya municipality.MethodsA cross sectional survey was carried out by self-administered questionnaire adapted from Global Youth Tobacco Survey to assess tobacco use among the representative sample of 1540 adolescent students selected by stratified random sampling from December 2014 to May 2015.ResultOverall prevalence of ‘ever users’ of tobacco products was 25.3 %. Prevalence among boys and girls was 31 and 14.4 % respectively. Mean age at initiation of using tobacco was 13.38 ± 1.62 years. The correlates of tobacco use were: sex, ethnicity, family members and friends using tobacco products, and students exposed at home and public place.ConclusionSchool based interventions and tobacco education are necessary to prevent initiation and cessation of tobacco use. Legislations related to tobacco control should be enforced to decrease availability, accessibility and affordability of tobacco products. Social norms of tobacco use among parents and others at home as well as at public place should be modified to curb the tobacco use among school students.

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“…The most salient relate to peer influences, thrill-seeking orientation and mental health problems (Biglan, Duncan, Ary, and Smolkowski, 1995; Conrad, Flay, and Hill, 1992; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group, 2002; Koval, Pederson, and Chan, 2004; Morello, Duggan, Adger, Anthony, and Joffe, 2001; Schepis and Rao, 2005; VanDeBreen, Whitmer, and Pickworth, 2004). The interpersonal and personal nature of these factors indicate that prevention strategies should be comprehensive and encompass environmental changes to reduce the social acceptability of smoking, while at the same time addressing the needs of youth with other risk behaviors and or mental health problems which increase the barriers for achieving a healthy development.…”

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Smoking Behavior and Ethnicity in Jujuy, Argentina: Evidence from a Low-Income Youth Sample

Alderete

Kaplan

Gregorich

et al. 2009

Substance Use & Misuse

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Latin America is the world region with the highest rates of youth tobacco use and widest socioeconomic gaps, yet no data are available on smoking among Indigenous people, the largest disadvantaged group in the region. A self-administered survey of 3,131 8th grade youth enrolled in a random sample of 27 urban and rural schools was administered in 2004 in Jujuy, Argentina. Standard questions adapted from global surveys were used. Compared with youth of European background (11.4%; 95% CI 6.7–15.1), Indigenous (23.0%; 95% CI 21.0–25.0), and Mixed ethnicity (23%; 95% CI 18.9–27.1) youth had higher prevalence of current smoking. The odds of current smoking remained significantly elevated for Indigenous (OR 1.9; 95% CI = 1.1–3.3) and Mixed youth (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.2–3.4) after controlling for confounders. Other risk factors that were associated with current smoking included: having any friends who smoke, repeating a grade in school, depressive symptoms in previous year, drinking any alcohol in the previous week and thrill seeking orientation. These results underscore the importance of social and cultural diversity aspects of the global tobacco epidemic.

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Tobacco use among high school students in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

A substantive review on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in India

A substantive review on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in India

Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among adolescents in the schools of Kalaiya, Nepal: a cross-sectional questionnaire based study

Smoking Behavior and Ethnicity in Jujuy, Argentina: Evidence from a Low-Income Youth Sample

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