{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2022"],"submitter":["James PB"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Tobacco use among adolescents has long-term adverse health consequences, especially during adulthood. Currently, little is known about tobacco use behaviour among adolescents in Comoros. Our study aims at estimating the prevalence and identifying key factors associated with tobacco use among adolescents in Comoros using the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey data.<h4>Methods</h4>A national cross-sectional survey secondary data of 2,810 eligible school-going adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years was analysed. Complex sample logistic regression analyses were used to determine the correlates of current cigarette smoking and current use of noncigarette tobacco products.<h4>Results</h4>The overall prevalence of current cigarette smoking was 14.3% [males (18.5%) and f"],"journal":["BioMed research international"],"pagination":["7134340"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8923772"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Tobacco Use among School-Going Adolescents in Comoros: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey."],"pmcid":["PMC8923772"],"pubmed_authors":["Kitchen C","Kassim SA","James PB","Kabba JA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Tobacco Use among School-Going Adolescents in Comoros: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Tobacco use among adolescents has long-term adverse health consequences, especially during adulthood. Currently, little is known about tobacco use behaviour among adolescents in Comoros. Our study aims at estimating the prevalence and identifying key factors associated with tobacco use among adolescents in Comoros using the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey data.<h4>Methods</h4>A national cross-sectional survey secondary data of 2,810 eligible school-going adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years was analysed. Complex sample logistic regression analyses were used to determine the correlates of current cigarette smoking and current use of noncigarette tobacco products.<h4>Results</h4>The overall prevalence of current cigarette smoking was 14.3% [males (18.5%) and f","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-19T21:44:36.083Z","creation":"2025-04-19T21:44:36.083Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8923772","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35299893"],"doi":["10.1155/2022/7134340"]}}