Cigarette smoking and misperceived norms among adults in rural Uganda: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about perceived norms about cigarette smoking in Uganda or the extent to which perceptions drive personal cigarette smoking behaviour.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2016-2018 that targeted all adults who resided within eight villages in Rwampara District, southwestern Uganda. Personal cigarette smoking frequency was elicited by self-report. We also asked participants what they believed to be the cigarette smoking frequency of most other adult men and women in their villages (i.e., perceived norms). Frequent cigarette smoking was defined as 4+ times/week. We compared perceived norms to cigarette smoking frequency reports aggregated at the village level. We used multivariable Poisson regression to estimate the association between pe

SUBMITTER: Perkins JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature