ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2008
Tobacco use in sub-Sahara Africa: estimates from the demographic health surveys.
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- Association between illegal drug use and cigarette smoking among Ethiopian students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of tobacco smoking and associated factors among adults in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Metabolic risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- The Progress of Tobacco Control Research in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Past 50 Years: A Systematic Review of the Design and Methods of the Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Esophageal cancer male to female incidence ratios in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of geographic, time and age trends.Cancer epidemiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Determinants of tobacco use among men aged 15 to 59 in Sub Sahara Africa: a multilevel mixed effect logistic regression analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tobacco Use Among Adults Attending Selected Healthcare Facilities in the OR Tambo District, Rural Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Exploring explainable machine learning algorithms to model predictors of tobacco use among men in Sub Sahara Africa between 2018 and 2023.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Random forest algorithm for predicting tobacco use and identifying determinants among pregnant women in 26 sub-Saharan African countries: a 2024 analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use among people living with HIV in Zambia: Findings from a 2023 National NCD/HIV Survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- Social norms and social opportunities: a qualitative study of influences on tobacco use among urban adolescent girls in Ghana.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The distribution of esophageal cancer patients enrolled in care at the Uganda Cancer Institute by sub-regions, districts and ethnicity.African health sciences · 2024Article
- Quasi-experimental evaluation of Kenya's pictorial health warnings versus Zambia's single text-only warning: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use in Botswana: evidence from the 2014 Botswana STEPwise survey.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of oesophageal cancer patients in Uganda.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- Patterns of tobacco use in low and middle income countries by tobacco product and sociodemographic characteristics: nationally representative survey data from 82 countries.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia: a national cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite the growing problem of global tobacco use, accurate information on the prevalence and patterns in the world's poorest nations remains sparse. For sub-Sahara Africa, in particular, a weak knowledge base limits the targeting of strategies to combat the potential growth of tobacco use and its harmful effect on future mortality. To describe the prevalence and social patterns of the use of cigarettes and other tobacco in Africa, this study examines population-based data from 16 Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) of men aged 15-54 years and women aged 15-49 years in 14 nations. Descriptive statistics show the highest cigarette use among men in several nations of east central Africa and Madagascar, lowest use in nations of west central Africa, and medium use in nations of southern Africa. Multinomial logistic regression results for men show highest cigarette use among urban, less educated, and lower status workers. Results for women show much lower prevalence than men but similar social patterns of use. The DHS results thus give new and comparable information about tobacco use in low-income nations, disadvantaged social groups, and an understudied region of the world.
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