Prevalence of tobacco use among students aged 13-15 years in the South-Eastern Europe health network.
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.
Stojiljkovic
Djordje
D
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Haralanova
Maria
M
Nikogosian
Haik
H
Petrea
Ionela
I
Chauvin
James
J
Warren
Charles W
CW
Jones
Nathan R
NR
Asma
Samira
S
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
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution