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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 (GYTS) methodology. Frequencies and odds
ratios were obtained to assess the association between selected factors and
current cigarette smoking.
Results: Data on current smoking were available for 1872 adolescents,
of whom 891 (47.6%) were males and 981 females. Overall 154 (8.2%)
adolescents were current cigarette smokers, while 93 (10.4%) males and
61 (6.2%) females were current smokers (