SynthesisBMC public health2019
Current prevalence pattern of tobacco smoking in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Assessment of workhour feeding practices, healthy behaviour score and body mass index of physicians in Northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional multi-centre study.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Addressing knowledge and behavior gaps in breast cancer risks: implications for health promotion and intervention strategies.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Population-based stroke risk profile from a West-African community.eNeurologicalSci · 2023Article
- Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking frequency among women of reproductive age in Nigeria: evidence from a nationwide cross-sectional survey.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
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- Differences in risk indicators associated with electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking among adolescents and young people in Nigeria.BMJ open respiratory research · 2022Article
- Alcohol consumption and tobacco exposure among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Using a Syndemics Framework to Understand How Substance Use Contributes to Morbidity and Mortality among People Living with HIV in Africa: A Call to Action.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNational smoking cessation strategies in Nigeria are hindered by lack of up-to-date epidemiologic data. We aimed to estimate prevalence of tobacco smoking in Nigeria to guide relevant interventions.
methodsWe conducted systematic search of publicly available evidence from 1990 through 2018. A random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression epidemiologic model were employed to determine prevalence and number of smokers in Nigeria in 1995 and 2015.
resultsAcross 64 studies (n = 54,755), the pooled crude prevalence of current smokers in Nigeria was 10.4% (9.0-11.7) and 17.7% (15.2-20.2) for ever smokers. This was higher among men compared to women in both groups. There was considerable variation across geopolitical zones, ranging from 5.4% (North-west) to 32.1% (North-east) for current smokers, and 10.5% (South-east) to 43.6% (North-east) for ever smokers. Urban and rural dwellers had relatively similar rates of current smokers (10.7 and 9.1%), and ever smokers (18.1 and 17.0%). Estimated median age at initiation of smoking was 16.8 years (IQR: 13.5-18.0). From 1995 to 2015, we estimated an increase in number of current smokers from 8 to 11 million (or a decline from 13 to 10.6% of the population). The pooled mean cigarettes consumption per person per day was 10.1 (6.1-14.2), accounting for 110 million cigarettes per day and over 40 billion cigarettes consumed in Nigeria in 2015.
conclusionsWhile the prevalence of smokers may be declining in Nigeria, one out of ten Nigerians still smokes daily. There is need for comprehensive measures and strict anti-tobacco laws targeting tobacco production and marketing.
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