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The impact of peer pressure on cigarette smoking among high school and university students in Ethiopia: A systemic review and meta-analysis.

Cheru Tesema LeshargieAnimut AlebelGetiye Dejenu KibretMolla Yigzaw BirhanuHenok MulugetaPatricia MalloyFasil WagnewAtsede Alle EwunetieDaniel Bekele KetemaAlehegn AderawMoges Agazhe AssemieGetachew Mullu KassaPammla PetruckaAmit Arora
Published in: PloS one (2019)
More than one sixth of the high school and university students in Ethiopia smoke cigarette. Students who had peer pressure from their friends were more likely to smoke cigarette. Therefore, school-based intervention programs are needed to reduce the high prevalence of cigarette smoking among students in Ethiopia.
Keyphrases
  • high school
  • randomized controlled trial
  • smoking cessation
  • public health
  • drug induced