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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hambleton, Ian R
• Jeyaseelan, Selvi M
• Howitt, Christina
• Hennis, Anselm J

Titel

Monitoring Caribbean tobacco use: baseline adolescent smoking prevalence and regional disparities

Ist Teil von

• Salud pública de México, 2017-01, Vol.59Suppl 1 (Suppl 1), p.12-21

Ort / Verlag

Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To provide baseline information on tobacco use among adolescents in the Caribbean for the period before country-level implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC). Using Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) between 2000 and 2008, we report baseline prevalence, 5-year change, and disparities in tobacco use (ever smoked, currently smoke) among adolescents. The Caribbean prevalence of ever-smoked fell from 33.3 to 29.0% with nine of 14 countries reporting a 5-year decrease, and the prevalence of current smokers fell from 12.1 to 11.7% with eight of 14 countries reporting a 5-year decrease. Between-country disparities in the prevalence of ever smoked decreased, while between-country disparities in currently smoked saw little change. This regional summary of tobacco use provides baseline estimates of adolescent smoking, and cross-country smoking disparities for the period before MPOWER implementation. Subsequent GYTS survey rounds can be used to monitor program success.