Covariates of current cigarette smoking among secondary school students in Budapest, Hungary, 1999

Prevalence of cigarette smoking among secondary school students--Budapest, Hungary, 1995.

Because of the high prevalence of tobacco use in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, public health officials in many of these countries have designated as a priority the prevention of smoking initiation among youth. In 1995, a nationally representative survey in the Republic of Hungary documented that 35.8% of 16-year-old students in that country had smoked cigarettes during the preceding ...

Cigarette smoking behavior among male secondary school students in the Central region of Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to examine the smoking habits among male secondary school students in Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and to assess their knowledge and attitudes towards smoking. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Qassim region, KSA during March 2003. Randomly selected was 14 out of 110 government male secondary schools. In the sample section, c...

Cigarette smoking habits among senior secondary school students in lagos, south west Nigeria

Multilevel analysis of school anti-smoking education and current cigarette use among South African students

INTRODUCTION South Africa (SA) implemented the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) four times between 1999 and 2011. Data from the four surveys indicated that downward trends in cigarette use among students may have stalled. Understanding the effect of school anti-smoking education on current smoking among students within schools and variability across schools may provide important insights into...

Tobacco smoking among secondary school students in NSW.

In 2005, the New South Wales School Students Health Behaviours Survey asked students aged 12–17 years a range of questions about smoking prevention, behaviour, addiction and influences. This article describes results for selected questions. Further details on the survey methods, questions asked and complete results for smoking and other health behaviours can be obtained from the New South Wales...