Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use by Sex and Socioeconomic Status in 22 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2003-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Tobacco companies have shifted their marketing and production to sub-Saharan African countries, which are in an early stage of the tobacco epidemic.

Objective

To estimate changes in the prevalence of current tobacco use and socioeconomic inequalities among male and female participants from 22 sub-Saharan African countries from 2003 to 2019.

Design, setting, and participants

Secondary data analyses were conducted of sequential Demographic and Health Surveys in 22 sub-Saharan African countries including male and female participants aged 15 to 49 years. The baseline surveys (2003-2011) and the most recent surveys (2011-2019) were pooled.

Exposures

Household wealth index and highest educational level were the markers of inequality.

Main outcomes and m

SUBMITTER: Sreeramareddy CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655603 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature