Factors associated with tobacco smoking among 6-10 grade school students in an urban Taluka of Sindh

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 662-665

  Ahmed, Jamil ^a   Taj, Tahir ^b   Shaikh, Shiraz ^b   Ali, Sajid ^c  

^a ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Children; Smoke; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BETEL NUT; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEER PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856042036     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Asma S, Mensah GA, Warren CW, Henson R. Tobacco use and the cardiovascular disease epidemic in developing countries: global crises and opportunity in the making. Ethn Dis 2003; 13:S81-7.
2. Anderson Johnson C, Palmer PH, Chou CP, Pang Z, Zhou D, Dong L, et al. Tobacco use among youth and adults in Mainland China: the China seven cities study. Public Health 2006; 120:1156-69. Epub 2006 Sep 26.
3. Nakamori M, Nguyen XN, Nguyen CK, Cao TH, Nguyen AT, Le BM, et al. Nutritional status, feeding practice and incidence of infectious diseases among children aged 6-18 months in northern mountainous Vietnam. J Invest Med 2010; 57:45-53.
4. Khan J. Tobacco control: current challenges for Pakistan. Pak J Chest Med 2008; 14:1-3.
5. World Health Organization. Tobacco free initiative: youth [Internet]. 2009. Available from: http://www.who.int/tobacco/youth/en/
6. Tanaka K, Miyake Y, Arakawa M, Sasaki S, Ohya Y. Prevalence of asthma and wheeze in relation to passive smoking in Japanese children. Ann Epidemiol 2007; 17:1004-10. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
7. Kilic M, Taskin E, Ustundag B, Aygun AD. The evaluation of serum leptin level and other hormonal parameters in children with severe malnutrition. Clin Biochem 2004; 37:382-7.
8. Rozi S, Akhtar S, Ali S, Khan J. Prevalence and factors associated with current smoking among high school adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2005; 36:498-504.
9. Bedi R, Scully C. Tobacco control - debate on harm reduction enters new phase as India implements public smoking ban. Lancet Oncol 2008; 9:1122-3.
10. Fleck F. Rich countries pledge to help poor nations fight tobacco. BMJ 2003; 326:468.
11. Gray N, Boyle P. Tobacco industry must not dump its high nitrosamine tobacco on poor countries. BMJ 2001; 322:557.
12. Jindal SK, Aggarwal AN, Gupta D. A review of population studies from India to estimate national burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its association with smoking. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2001; 43:139-47.
13. Sargent JD, Hanewinkel R. Comparing the effects of entertainment media and tobacco marketing on youth smoking in Germany. Addiction 2009; 104:815-23.
14. Ahmed R, Rizwan ur R, McDonald PW, Ahmed SW. Prevalence of cigarette smoking among young adults in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2008; 58:597-601.
15. Shah PB, Pednekar MS, Gupta PC, Sinha DN. The relationship between tobacco advertisements and smoking status of youth in India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2008; 9:637-42.
16. Jawaid A, Zafar AM, Rehman TU, Nazir MR, Ghafoor ZA, Afzal O, et al. Knowledge, attitudes and practice of university students regarding waterpipe smoking in Pakistan. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12:1077-84.
17. Ali S, Ara N, Ali A, Ali B, Kadir MM. Knowledge and practices regarding cigarette smoking among adult women in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2008; 58:664-7.
18. Rozi S, Butt ZA, Akhtar S. Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:312.
19. Ganatra HA, Kalia S, Haque AS, Khan JA. Cigarette smoking among adolescent females in Pakistan. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007; 11:1366-71.
20. Khan FM, Husain SJ, Laeeq A, Awais A, Hussain SF, Khan JA. Smoking prevalence, knowledge and attitudes among medical students in Karachi, Pakistan. East Mediterr Health J 2005; 11:952-8.
21. Silva MA, Rivera IR, Carvalho AC, Guerra Ade H Jr, Moreira TC. The prevalence of and variables associated with smoking in children and adolescents. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2006; 82:365-70. Epub 2006 Sep 1.
22. Ahmed NU, Ahmed NS, Semenya KA, Elzey JD, Larson C, Bennett CR, et al. Prevalence and correlates of initiation of smoking behavior among preteen black and white children. J Natl Med Assoc 2004; 96:200-8.