The Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Knowledge of Its Health Implications among Adolescents in Owerri, South-Eastern Nigeria

Ebirim, Chikere Ifeanyi Casmir; Amadi, AN; Abanobi, Okwuoma Chi; Iloh, Gabriel Uche Pascal

doi:10.4236/health.2014.612188

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“…In line with the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), our study recorded the highest prevalence of tobacco use among NW zone students . Most previous studies involved students older than 15 years and generally reported a higher prevalence of smokers . This corroborates the tendency of tobacco use to increase with age, as observed in our sample, and underscores the need to target prevention interventions to younger students.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among Nigerian secondary school students: Differences by geopolitical zones

Vigna‐Taglianti

Alesina

Damjanović

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Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Nigeria is composed of six geopolitical zones plus one Federal Capital Territory. Differences between zones can differentially influence the adoption of risk behaviours by adolescents. This paper aims to describe the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, risk perception, skills and substance use among Nigerian secondary school students highlighting the differences by geopolitical zone. Design and Methods The population size of each zone was taken into account in extracting the 32 schools for the survey. The characteristics of the social environment, tobacco, alcohol and substance use, knowledge, beliefs, risk perception, attitudes, personal skills and school climate were investigated through an anonymous questionnaire. Results A total of 4078 adolescents participated in the survey: 5.1% reported they had smoked cigarettes at least once in their life, 33.6% drank alcohol, 13.1% experienced drunkenness, 7.5% used cannabis and 11.6% other drugs. The highest rates of alcohol use were observed in the South, whilst the use of tobacco, cannabis and other drugs was higher in the North. Knowledge about tobacco, alcohol and marijuana was quite low across all zones. Scores for self‐esteem, decision‐making and refusal skills, risk perception and beliefs were lower in the North. Discussion and Conclusions This study shows a high prevalence of adolescent alcohol and substance use in Nigeria. There is a need for planning and implementing evidence‐based drug education and prevention programs across the country. Prevention activities targeting adolescents could help to reduce the later life burden of disease related to use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

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“…Moreover, while several Nigerian studies have described parental and friends 0 influence on adolescent substance use [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], few have investigated personal risk factors (e.g. knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs) and none have investigated risk perceptions and skills.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among Nigerian secondary school students: Differences by geopolitical zones

Vigna‐Taglianti

Alesina

Damjanović

et al. 2019

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…This is similar to other reports 12,15,18,21 . Lower debuting age has also been reported 6,7,10,11,22 .…”

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“…In a recent study, it was demonstrated that the knowledge of health problems associated with smoking proved to be the major reason for . It is, therefore, strongly advocated that health education in schools will, to a reasonable extent, reduce the high prevalence of adolescent cigarette smoking in our society 10 .…”

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“…A marginal yearly increase of 3% in cigarette smoking prevalence has been reported for developing countries 8 Deaths attributable to smoking worldwide are estimated to increase from 2.5 million in 1995 to 12 million by the year 2050 9 and most of these deaths will occur in the developing countries partly because there are poor public health institutions and there isan expansion of tobacco companies into the African markets 10 .…”

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Cigarette Smoking Practices, Perceptions and Awareness of Government Policies among Pharmacy Students in Niger Delta University in South-South Nigeria

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2015

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Despite the growing problem of cigarette use, we still do not have accurate information on the prevalence and pattern in Nigerian adolescents. This study evaluated the smoking habits and associated contextual correlates among pharmacy students in a tertiary institution in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross sectional research was conducted involving 210 students and utilizing pre-tested and validated questionnaires. Data was analyzed with SPSS. 16. Majority of respondents (66.4%) were aged 21-25 years; the male-female ratio was 1:0.9 and 99.3% were Christians. Smoking prevalence was 12.9% and more prevalent among males; age of smoking debut was 16-20yrs; (46.1%); majority (83.3%) smoked 1-5 sticks of cigarette per day; 16.7% and 33.3% respectively of males and females quitted smoking at the time of the study. Reasons given for quitting included knowledge of health hazard (100%), to set a new example (83.3%) and as a result of advice from relations and friends (50%); the students exhibited a very positive perception on smoking and its cessation. There were no correlations of smoking habits with age and gender but withthe level of studies. Respondents demonstrated very low levels of awareness of World No Tobacco Day and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Decree. It is strongly advised that more effective campaign strategies be adopted to reach as many young people as possible. The pharmacy curriculum should contain adequate courses on smoking effects and cessation; programmes of student bodies should incorporate tobacco cessation activities. The existing tobacco smoking restrictions and policies should be strengthened and enforced.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for challenges to quitting tobacco smoking among social science and religion students

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Background: Tobacco smoking is a public health issue. The aim of this investigation was to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on the disputation of challenges to quitting tobacco smoking among students enrolled in the Social Science and religious Education programmes.Methods: The study adopted a pretest-posttest randomized controlled group design with follow-up. The population comprised of 76 tobacco smokers (randomized into 1 of 2 groups: n = 38 for the treatment group, n = 38 for the waitlist control group) completed the study. A self-report scale measuring dependence on cigarettes was used as the outcome measure. The treatment group was exposed to a 12-weeks CBT intervention. The treatment and waitlisted groups were evaluated at 3 time points: pretest, post-test, and follow-up. Statistical analyses were achieved using ANOVA.Results: The result showed that CBT had a significant effect in reducing the challenges to quitting tobacco smoking among the student smokers in the treatment group in comparison with the waitlist control group. The positive behavioral gains after the CBT program also persisted at follow-up in the treatment group compared with the waitlist control group.Conclusion: Therefore, this study suggests that CBT intervention is a time-effective treatment method for disputation of challenges to quitting tobacco smoking among students enrolled in the Social Science and Religious Education Programmes.Abbreviations: % = percentage, CBT = cognitive behaovioural therapy, CSS-21 = challenges to stopping smoking-21, WCG = waitlist control group, α = 0.05, χ 2 = Chi-square.

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The Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Knowledge of Its Health Implications among Adolescents in Owerri, South-Eastern Nigeria

Cited by 16 publications

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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among Nigerian secondary school students: Differences by geopolitical zones

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among Nigerian secondary school students: Differences by geopolitical zones

Cigarette Smoking Practices, Perceptions and Awareness of Government Policies among Pharmacy Students in Niger Delta University in South-South Nigeria

Cognitive behavioral therapy for challenges to quitting tobacco smoking among social science and religion students

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