ReviewInternational journal of pediatrics2019
Current Cigarette Smoking and Its Predictors among School-Going Adolescents in East Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Current and former smokers among adolescents aged 12-17 years in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Factors influencing adolescent experimental and current smoking behaviors based on social cognitive theory: A cross-sectional study in Xiamen.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Characteristics of tobacco use among secondary school students: a cross-sectional study in a school in Valencia, Spain.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Tobacco Use among School-Going Adolescents in Comoros: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AND ALCOHOL USE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2021Article
- FOCUS ON TOBACCO PREVENTION AMONG NON-SMOKING ADOLESCENTS IN AFRICA; A CALL TO TOBACCO CONTROL EXPERTS.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Eastern Ethiopia, 2020.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Current Cigarette Smoking among Ethiopian University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of addiction · 2020Review
- Prevalence of Tobacco Products' Use and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Morocco: A Systematic Review.Substance use : research and treatmentReview
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Abstract
backgroundIn developing countries, tobacco smoking has its own contribution to the burden of noncommunicable causes of morbidity and mortality. Studies estimated the burden of cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in different geographical areas of East Africa. However, due to discrepancies found among those different findings, there is no representative data about the burden of smoking in the continent.
objectivesThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the pooled prevalence of current cigarette smoking and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in East Africa.
methodsPubMed, Google Scholar, and the Web of Science Library were searched to access included articles. A weighted inverse-variance random-effects model was used to estimate the prevalence of current cigarette smoking. Variations in the pooled estimates of the prevalence were adjusted through subgroup analysis according to the specific country, where the study was conducted. Funnel plot and Egger's regression test were used to check publication bias. STATA version 14 statistical software was used for meta-analysis.
resultsA total of 26,875 school-going adolescents were included. The pooled prevalence of current cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in East Africa was found to be 9.02% (95%CI: 6.34-11.70). Based on the subgroup analysis, current cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents was estimated at 9.8% in Kenya, 7.72% in Ethiopia, 10.83% in Uganda, 13.6% in Sudan, and 4% in Tanzania.
conclusionsThis meta-analysis revealed that the prevalence of current cigarette smoking is increasing among school-going adolescents in East Africa. Therefore, countries have to realize sale prevention policies, establishing and/or strengthening antismoking campaigners designed for school-going adolescents, and providing training for teachers to be antismoking campaigners.
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