Smoking and adolescence : international public health experiences / Mazyanga L. Mazaba, Seter Siziya and Joav Merrick, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Mazaba, Mazyanga L. (Mazyanga Lucy), editor.

Siziya, Seter, editor.

Series:

Public health: practices, methods and policies.

Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health behavior in adolescence.

Youth--Tobacco use.

Youth.

Youth--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Smoking cigarettes starts during adolescence. Some adolescents may stop smoking cigarettes having taken it as an experiment during adolescence, but others may continue smoking into adulthood. Most adults who smoke started smoking during the adolescence stage and may have been already addicted to nicotine before the age of eighteen, resulting in long-term health consequences. This book compiles and documents smoking epidemiology and correlates of smoking in adolescents in various regions of the world. It aims to provide critical information that relates to the magnitude of the problem and who is affected in order for strategies to be identified and implemented. The issue is a concern of public health, since smoking affects people not only at the time the smoking habit begins, but because it has an influence on them for the rest of an individual's life.

Contents:

SMOKING AND ADOLESCENCE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCES ; SMOKING AND ADOLESCENCE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1 SMOKING AND ADOLESCENCE ; INTRODUCTION ; FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOLESCENT SMOKING ; HEALTH EFFECTS OF ADOLESCENT SMOKING ; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: SMOKING ; Chapter 2 PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES FOR CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG SCHOOL-GOING ADOLESCENTS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE FROM THE GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEYS ; INTRODUCTION ; FINDINGS

Gender difference in prevalence of smoking Correlates of cigarettes smoking ; Changes in prevalence of smoking observed in GTYS ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 ADOLESCENT SMOKING IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN THE LUSAKA PROVINCE, ZAMBIA ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS IN THIS STUDY; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 TOBACCO SMOKING PREVALENCE AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS AGED 13-15 YEARS IN ZAMBIA ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; OUR FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG SCHOOL-GOING ADOLESCENTS

INTRODUCTION OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; Factors associated with smoking among males ; Factors associated with smoking among females ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 PREDICTORS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; OUR FINDINGS ; Attitudes towards smoking ; Tobacco advertisement and smoking ; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7 CIGARETTE SMOKING, SCHOOL AGE ADOLESCENTS AND ADVERTISEMENT-PROMOTION-SPONSORSHIP ISSUES; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES

Chapter 8 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PREVALENCE RATES AND PREDICTORS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING IN ADOLESCENCE INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; OUR FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 9 CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN MALAWI ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 10 ADOLESCENTS AND CIGARETTE SMOKING IN SOMALILAND ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 11 CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN VILLE DE SUID, COTE D'IVOIRE; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY ; OUR FINDINGS

Demographic, social and economic factors Parents and best friends smoking status ; Pro-tobacco advertisements and campaigns against smoking ; Perception of effects of smoking on health ; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 12 CIGARETTE SMOKING BEHAVIOR AMONG JORDANIAN ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 13 CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; OUR FINDINGS ; Socio-demographic factors associated with current cigarette smoking ; DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-312-6