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Article: The association between cigarette smoking and work status among Egyptian adolescent males
Title | The association between cigarette smoking and work status among Egyptian adolescent males |
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Keywords | Adolescent Egypt Employment Smoking Work |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Citation | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2008, v. 12, n. 6, p. 670-676 How to Cite? |
Abstract | SETTING: Cigarette consumption has rapidly increased in Egypt and large numbers of young people are now smoking, but little is known about factors influencing smoking behavior in Egyptian adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether working is associated with cigarette smoking among Egyptian adolescent males. DESIGN: Data were from the nationally representative Adolescence and Social Change in Egypt survey. A total of 4354 boys and 4773 girls aged 10-19 years and one adult in each household were interviewed between March and August 1997. Given the low prevalence of smoking among girls, they were excluded from this analysis. RESULTS: Workers tended to be older, have more smoking peers, be of lower socio-economic status and live in rural regions; these confounders were included in multi-variate models. Comparing former and never workers, the OR of ever smoking was 1.57 (95%CI 1.17-2.12), and that of current smoking was 1.46 (95%CI 0.99-2.25); comparing unpaid workers and never workers, the OR for ever smoking was 0.86 (95%CI 0.63-1.19), and for current smoking it was 1.08 (95%CI 0.69-1.67); and comparing paid workers with never workers, the OR for ever smoking was 1.36 (95%CI 1.00-1.85) while for current smoking it was 1.68 (95%CI 1.07-2.65). CONCLUSION: Egyptian boys who do paid work have a higher likelihood of smoking. Policy makers can target youths at high risk for smoking in industries that hire adolescents. © 2008 The Union. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326746 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.952 |
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dc.contributor.author | Sitrin, D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bishai, D. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-31T05:26:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-31T05:26:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2008, v. 12, n. 6, p. 670-676 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1027-3719 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326746 | - |
dc.description.abstract | SETTING: Cigarette consumption has rapidly increased in Egypt and large numbers of young people are now smoking, but little is known about factors influencing smoking behavior in Egyptian adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether working is associated with cigarette smoking among Egyptian adolescent males. DESIGN: Data were from the nationally representative Adolescence and Social Change in Egypt survey. A total of 4354 boys and 4773 girls aged 10-19 years and one adult in each household were interviewed between March and August 1997. Given the low prevalence of smoking among girls, they were excluded from this analysis. RESULTS: Workers tended to be older, have more smoking peers, be of lower socio-economic status and live in rural regions; these confounders were included in multi-variate models. Comparing former and never workers, the OR of ever smoking was 1.57 (95%CI 1.17-2.12), and that of current smoking was 1.46 (95%CI 0.99-2.25); comparing unpaid workers and never workers, the OR for ever smoking was 0.86 (95%CI 0.63-1.19), and for current smoking it was 1.08 (95%CI 0.69-1.67); and comparing paid workers with never workers, the OR for ever smoking was 1.36 (95%CI 1.00-1.85) while for current smoking it was 1.68 (95%CI 1.07-2.65). CONCLUSION: Egyptian boys who do paid work have a higher likelihood of smoking. Policy makers can target youths at high risk for smoking in industries that hire adolescents. © 2008 The Union. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | - |
dc.subject | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject | Egypt | - |
dc.subject | Employment | - |
dc.subject | Smoking | - |
dc.subject | Work | - |
dc.title | The association between cigarette smoking and work status among Egyptian adolescent males | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18492335 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-45349089700 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 670 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 676 | - |