title: Prevalence of tobacco use among students aged 13-15 years in the South-Eastern Europe health network.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine adolescent tobacco use among members of the South-Eastern Europe (SEE) Health Network using data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nationally representative samples were drawn from students in grades associated with youth aged 13 to 15 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Serbia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Current cigarette smoking rates among students ranged from 5.6% to 33.1%. Current use of tobacco products other than cigarettes ranged from 3.6% to 10.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If effective programs are not developed, implemented, and enforced, morbidity and mortality attributed to tobacco use will surely increase.
authors: Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors: Djordje
authors: D
authors: Stojiljkovic
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Haralanova
authors: Haik
authors: H
authors: Nikogosian
authors: Ionela
authors: I
authors: Petrea
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Chauvin
authors: Charles W
authors: CW
authors: Warren
authors: Nathan R
authors: NR
authors: Jones
authors: Samira
authors: S
authors: Asma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution