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Tobacco use in late adolescence among rural Sri Lankans
1Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, tobacco use among 16-19 year old students from rural Sri Lanka.
Basic Research Design:
A cross-sectional study where the data were collected by means of a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire.
Participants:
390, 16-19 year old students selected from 9 schools in Ampara education zone.
Results:
Nearly 22% of the sample had used tobacco during their life and the prevalence of ever smokeless tobacco use (19%) was higher than the prevalence of ever smoking (10%). The prevalence of current smoking was 16% in males and 1% in females while 23% and 3% of males and females were current smokeless tobacco users respectively. Current smoking was independently associated with gender and having a smoker at home while current smokeless tobacco use was significantly associated with gender, maternal education and paternal occupation.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of tobacco use was high in these rural students.
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