Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa

School dropouts' attitudes and beliefs about smoking.

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of beliefs and attitude related to smoking and smoking behavior among school dropouts in a national sample (weighted N = 492,352). The self-reported smoking rate for school dropouts was 58.3%. Those who were most positive about smoking (such as smoking helps people reduce stress and relax, reduce boredom) were more likely to be smokers (p...

Cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in Kafue, Zambia.

INTRODUCTION 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 (...

Cigarette smoking habits among primary school children in Turkey.

sputum were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and with a mono¬ clonal antibody against eosinophil cationic protein (anti-EG2; Pharmacia; Uppsala, Sweden) for immunohistochemical evalua¬ tion. Stained mucosal cells were counted according to the method of Moqbel et al,3 and such cells in the sputum were also counted and expressed as a percentage of 500 cells. As shown in Table 1, IPD caused a signif...

Cigarette smoking habits among senior secondary school students in lagos, south west Nigeria

Multilevel analysis of school anti-smoking education and current cigarette use among South African students

INTRODUCTION South Africa (SA) implemented the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) four times between 1999 and 2011. Data from the four surveys indicated that downward trends in cigarette use among students may have stalled. Understanding the effect of school anti-smoking education on current smoking among students within schools and variability across schools may provide important insights into...