Monitoring Caribbean tobacco use: baseline adolescent smoking prevalence and regional disparities

Monitoring Caribbean tobacco use: baseline adolescent smoking prevalence and regional disparities

Objective. To provide baseline information on tobacco use among adolescents in the Caribbean for the period before country-level implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC). Materials and methods. Using Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) between 2000 and 2008, we report...

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Main Authors: Ian R Hambleton, Selvi M Jeyaseelan, Christina Howitt, Anselm J Hennis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2017-03-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
prevalence
smoking
adolescent
health status disparities
socioeconomic factors
Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7849

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