BioMed Research International / 2022 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Tobacco Use among School-Going Adolescents in Comoros: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015 Comoros Global Youth Tobacco Survey Table 3 Prevalence of current cigarette smoking and noncigarette tobacco product use among male and female adolescents in Comoros, Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2015 (
).Characteristic n (%a) Current cigarette smoker Current user of noncigarette tobacco products Total (%a ) 400(14.3) Male (%a ) 246(18.5) Female (%a ) 143(9.9) Total (%a ) 145(5.8) Male (%a ) 81(6.7) Female (%a ) 64 (4.9) Age ≤12years 17(4.2) 9(3.5) 7(4.9) 7(5.0) 4(5.0) 3(5.0) 13-15 years 209 (53.4) 121(48.9) 85(61.9) 66(45.4) 35(43.4) 31(48.6) ≥16 years 161(42.5) 113(47.6) 45(33.2) 65(49.6) 37(51.7) 27(46.3) Grade 6 eme 142 (33.3) 97 (35.8) 41 (28.5) 42 (25.7) 29 (31.6) 12 (17.3) 5 eme 87 (23.9) 45 (21.6) 38 (26.4) 30 (21.5) 15 (21.0) 15 (22.3) 4 eme 93 (23.1) 63 (25.2) 29 (20.1) 29 (19.2) 17 (20.5) 12 (17.7) 3 eme 69 (19.7) 37 (17.4) 32 (25.0) 44 (33.6) 19(26.9) 25 (42.7) Possession of average spending money/week I have 294 (73.6) 178(72.5) 106 (74.1) 99 (67.8) 56 (68.9) 43 (67.2) I do not have 106 (26.4) 68 (27.5) 37 (25.9) 47 (32.2) 25 (31.1) 21 (32.8) Parental smoke (yes) 145 (38.1) 85 (36.1) 53 (39.1) 38 (26.9) 18 (22.8) 20 (32.2) SHS exposure inside home (yes) 238(60.1) 153(63.3) 82(57.1) 57(39.4) 36(45.1) 21(32.4) SHS exposure outside home (yes) 305(78.2) 196(81.0) 101(72.7) 102(70.3) 59(73.0) 42(66.3) Exposure to smoking media messages (yes) 203(52.9) 131(55.9) 68(48.9) 65(47.2) 37(48.9) 27(44.5) Exposure to antismoking media messages (yes) 240(64.9) 154(67.4) 78(59.2) 75(55.5) 44(58.9) 30(50.6) Exposure to tobacco industry promotion (yes) 142(43.4) 93(44.4) 45(40.3) 49(40.5) 30(43.8) 19(36.2) Knowledge about harmful effects of SHS(yes) 260(68.0) 166(70.1) 86(63.7) 90(62.4) 47(59.5) 42(65.7) School antismoking education (yes) 119(31.8) 76(32.3) 40(30.3) 51(37.4) 29(38.4) 22(36.2) Favour toward smoking ban (yes) 284(76.6) 185(79.4) 92(72.0) 111(78.6) 64(81.8) 46(74.1)
a Weighted percentage. SHS: secondhand smoke.
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