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- PublicationHealth warnings on cigarette packages and interest in quitting: findings from five countries conducted the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2011-2012(2017)
;Guat Hiong Tee ;Tahir Aris ;Mohd Azahdi Omar ;Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff ;James Rarick ;Chee Cheong KeeSorina IrimieThis study examines findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Surveys in five countries: Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Romania in assessing the effects of health warnings (HWs) on cigarette packages and interest in quitting. This was a household survey using multistage cluster sample design. Data were collected from one respondent per household aged 15 years and above via interviewer-administered questionnaires. The impact of HWs within each gender were analyzed by age group and education level using bivariate analysis. Among current smokers, Romanian (98.0%) and Malaysian (94.1%) men, Romanian (97.6%) and Argentina (89.3%) women had the highest percentages of noticing health warnings on cigarette packages. However, less than 50% of men in all five countries and women in Indonesia, Romania and Argentina thought about quitting smoking. In addition, less than 50% of men and women tried to quit smoking in the past 12 months. These analyses provide great opportunity for countries to assess the effectiveness of their health warnings in communicating the risk of smoking to all current smokers. Countries can use these evidence-based findings to target tobacco control interventions to increase quit rates among current smokers and prevent smoking initiation among non-smokers. - PublicationSocial Determinants of Health and Tobacco Use in Five Low - and Middle-Income Countries - Results from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 2011 - 2012(2016)
;Guat Hiong Tee ;Tahir Aris ;James RarickSorina IrimieBackground: Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. The objective of this study was to examine the associaton of selected socio-demographic variables with current tobacco use in five countries that participated in the Phase II Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2011 - 2012. Materials and Methods: We analysed internationally comparable representative household survey data from 33,482 respondents aged ≥ 15 years in Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Argentina and Nigeria for determinants of tobacco use within each country. Socio-demographic variables analysed included gender, age, residency, education, wealth index and awareness of smoking health consequences. Current tobacco use was defined as smoking or use of smokeless tobacco daily or occasionally. Results: The overall prevalence of tobacco use varied from 5.5% in Nigeria to 35.7% in Indonesia and was significantly higher among males than females in all five countries. Odds ratios for current tobacco use were significantly higher among males for all countries [with the greatest odds among Indonesian men (OR=67.4, 95% CI: 51.2-88.7)] and among urban dwellers in Romania. The odds of current tobacco use decreased as age increased for all countries except Nigeria where. The reverse was true for Argentina and Nigeria. Significant trends for decreasing tobacco use with increasing educational levels and wealth index were seen in Indonesia, Malaysia and Romania. Significant negative associations between current tobacco use and awareness of adverse health consequences of smoking were found in all countries except Argentina. Conclusions: Males and the socially and economically disadvantaged populations are at the greatest risk of tobacco use. Tobacco control interventions maybe tailored to this segment of population and incorporate educational interventions to increase knowledge of adverse health consequences of smoking