ArticleAfrican health sciences2022
Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking: a health-risk behaviour among secondary school learners in South Africa.
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- Assessment of carbon monoxide in exhaled breath using smokerlyzer among in-school adolescents in Osun State: A cross sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Factors associated with cigarette smoking among learners at a high school in KwaZulu-Natal.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Sexual reproductive health, NCDs and infectious diseases.African health sciences · 2022Article
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Background: Health-risk behaviours such as tobacco smoking and alcohol are now identified among adolescents in most of the secondary schools of South Africa. Objective: The study investigated the prevalence of smoking and alcohol use as health risk behaviours among secondary school learners in Thembisile Hani municipality of Mpumalanga province in South Africa. Methods: A quantitative descriptive research design was used for the study. A simple random sampling was employed in the selection of schools and proportional stratified sampling was used to select learners from each school according to grades. Closed-ended questionnaires were used to collect data from learners in their schools. Data were analysed using SPSS version 26.0. Results: Out of 385 learners, 64.4% have drank alcohol whilst 64.7% have smoked cigarette in the school premises. The socio-economic status of many learners such as the employment and income of the family was found to be one of the factors exposing them to alcohol and tobacco use. Conclusions: There was high prevalence of alcohol use and smoking among learners in secondary schools. Excessive use of alcohol and smoking could affect the health of learners in their late life and therefore community collaboration to curb the problem is crucial.
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