title: Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam and Correlates of Current Cigarette Smoking: Results from GYTS 2014 Data.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to report the rate of current and ever cigarette smoking and explore correlates of current cigarette smoking among adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam. This analysis was derived from GYTS survey, which comprised of 3,430 adolescents aged 13-15, conducted in 2014 in 13 cities and provinces of Viet Nam. We calculated the weighted rates of current and ever cigarette smoking and reported patterns of smoking behavior. We also performed logistic regression to explore correlates of current cigarette smoking behavior. The weighted rate of ever cigarette smoking was 9.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5 %-10.5%), in which the weighted rate among males (15.4%; 95% CI: 13.6%-17.0%) was higher than that among females (4.2%; 95% CI: 3.3%-5.1%). The weighted rate of current cigarette smoking was relatively low at 2.5% (95%CI: 2.0%- 3.0%) with higher weighted rate among males (4.9%; 95% CI: 3.8%-5.9%) compared to the corresponding figure among females (0.2%; 95% CI: 0.0 %-0.5%). Current cigarette smoking was significantly higher among males than females, in students aged 15 versus 13 years old, and in students who had several or all close friends smoking and students with daily observation of smoking at school. For greater smoking reduction outcomes, we recommend that tobacco interventions for adolescents should consider targeting more male students at older ages, establish stricter adherence to school-based banning of cigarette smoking, engage both smoking and nonsmoking adolescents and empower adolescents to resist peer smoking influence as well as changing their norms or beliefs towards smoking benefits.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Viet Nam E-mail : vuthunga@hmu.edu.vn.
authors.forename: Le Thi
authors.initials: le T
authors.lastname: Huong
authors.forename: Nga Thi Thu
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: Nguyen Ngoc
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Dung
authors.forename: Le Thi Thanh
authors.initials: le TT
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Kim Bao
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Giang
authors.forename: Phan Thi
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Hai
authors.forename: Doan Thu
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Huyen
authors.forename: Luong Ngoc
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Khue
authors.forename: Nguyen Tuan
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Hoang Van
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Minh
authors.forename: Pham Thi Quynh
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Nga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution