1. Prevalence and Determinants of Tobacco Smoking Among Low-Income Urban Adolescents
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Augusto Matamala-Bezmalinovic, Javier Mallol, Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Manuel J Mallol-Simmonds, Lucas Calderón-Rodríguez, and Francisco Osses-Vergara
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Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Low income ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Passive smoking ,Adolescent ,medicine.disease_cause ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Environmental health ,Prevalence ,Tobacco Smoking ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Child ,Original Research ,business.industry ,Public health ,Smoking ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,030228 respiratory system ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,Tobacco Smoke Pollution ,business - Abstract
Background: Tobacco-smoking in children is one of the most crucial public health concerns, which could be highly prevalent in underprivileged populations. Methods: A cross sectional, random sampling survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of current tobacco-smoking and related risk factors among adolescents living in a low-income area of Santiago de Chile. Results: Of the 2,747 adolescents participating in the study, 24.0% [95% confidence interval (CI) 22.3–25.5] were current smokers, with no significant difference between girls and boys. Factors associated with current smoking were as follows: positive attitude to smoking cigarettes offered by peers [odds ratio (OR) 8.0; 95% CI 5.7–11.3, P
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- 2021
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