Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among school going adolescents in Cambodia and Vietnam: A cross-sectional study

Objective: to investigate the prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among school-going adolescents. methods: this cross-sectional study consisted of a secondary analysis of existing cross-sectional survey data from the global school-based health survey from cambodia and vietnam in 2013,and comprised schoolchildren. data was analysed using stata 13. results: the study comprised 7,137 schoolchildren. the overall mean age was 15.5±1.4 years. besides,3,806(53.33%) were from cambodia and 3,331(46.67%) from vietnam. overall,279(5.1%) students reported currently using tobacco (smoking and/or smokeless),including 214(6.2%) boys and 65(1.6%) girls,and 127(3.6%) in cambodia and 152(5.2%) in vietnam. current cigarette smoking was 239(4.5%) and smokeless tobacco use was 143(2.4%). conclusion: tobacco use was found to be significantly high among schoolchildren in cambodia and vietnam. © 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.