Global Prevalence of Combustible Cigarettes and Noncombustible Nicotine or Tobacco Products Use Among Adolescents, 2014-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding global patterns of adolescent noncombustible nicotine or tobacco product (NNTP) and combustible cigarette (CC) use is vital due to rising prevalence and long-term health risks, but comparative international analyses are lacking. Thus, we aimed to assess smoking prevalence and trends among adolescents in 57 countries and territories and to identify factors associated with NNTP and CC use.

Methods

We utilized World Health Organization (WHO) Global Youth Tobacco Survey data to investigate adolescent NNTP and CC use prevalence and trends globally from 2014 to 2021. We conducted a meta-analysis using random-effects models to identify the summary effect of smoking prevalence in each country. Weighted linear regression was used to calculate weighted β coeff

SUBMITTER: Hong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12748060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature