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Predictors of Cigarette Smoking, Smokeless Tobacco Consumption, and Use of both forms in Adolescents in South Asia: A Secondary Analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys.

Masuma Pervin MishuFaraz SiddiquiRadha ShuklaMona KanaanOmara DogarKamran Siddiqi
Published in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
The predictors of adolescents using different tobacco products, crucial to inform and evaluate tobacco control efforts, are poorly understood. We investigated the associations between several environmental-level factors and cigarette smoking, ST consumption, and use of both forms among adolescents, whereas most of the previous studies focused on individual-level factors. Our study found strong associations between tobacco use and protobacco factors and lack of strength and consistency in associations between antitobacco factors and tobacco use in the study population. Our results indicate that the current tobacco control policies need strengthening to curb the tobacco epidemic in these countries.
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