Cross-country comparison of waterpipe use

Nationally representative data from 13 low and middle-income countries from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (Gats)

Bibliographic Data

ID15302779
AuthorsJeremy Morton (0000-0002-3794-9258, Action on Smoking and Health, corresponding author), Yang Song (0000-0003-2734-9838, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Heba Fouad (0000-0001-7910-3501, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Fatimah El Awa (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Randa Abou El Naga (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Luhua Zhao (Action on Smoking and Health), Krishna Palipudi (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Samira Asma (0000-0001-8668-4826, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Year2013
Volume23
Issue5
Pages419-427
Publication date2013-06-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTobacco Control (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4563 • E-ISSN: 1468-3318
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050841
PMID23760609
PMCIDPMC4145417
OpenAlexW2129052873
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited28

GATS data provide the ability to analyse waterpipe use within a country and across countries. Monitoring of waterpipe use at a national level will better enable countries to target tobacco control interventions such as education campaigns about the negative health effects of waterpipe use

Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Low and middle income countries · Public health · Survey data collection · Tobacco control · Tobacco use · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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