TY - JOUR ID - 46049 TI - Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam and Correlates of Current Cigarette Smoking: Results from GYTS 2014 Data JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Huong, Le Thi AU - Vu, Nga Thi Thu AU - Dung, Nguyen Ngoc AU - Xuan, Le Thi Thanh AU - Giang, Kim Bao AU - Hai, Phan Thi AU - Huyen, Doan Thu AU - Khue, Luong Ngoc AU - Lam, Nguyen Tuan AU - Minh, Hoang Van AU - Nga, Pham Thi Quynh AD - Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Viet Nam AD - Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 17 IS - S1 SP - 17 EP - 23 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.S1.17 N2 - The aim of this paper is to report the rate of current and ever cigarette smoking and explore correlates ofcurrent cigarette smoking among adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam. This analysis was derived from GYTSsurvey, which comprised of 3,430 adolescents aged 13-15, conducted in 2014 in 13 cities and provinces of VietNam. We calculated the weighted rates of current and ever cigarette smoking and reported patterns of smokingbehavior. We also performed logistic regression to explore correlates of current cigarette smoking behavior. Theweighted rate of ever cigarette smoking was 9.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5 %-10.5%), in which theweighted 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 correspondingfigure among females (0.2%; 95% CI: 0.0 %-0.5%). Current cigarette smoking was significantly higher amongmales than females, in students aged 15 versus 13 years old, and in students who had several or all close friendssmoking and students with daily observation of smoking at school. For greater smoking reduction outcomes, werecommend that tobacco interventions for adolescents should consider targeting more male students at olderages, establish stricter adherence to school-based banning of cigarette smoking, engage both smoking and nonsmokingadolescents and empower adolescents to resist peer smoking influence as well as changing their normsor beliefs towards smoking benefits. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_46049.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_46049_8fc99d19e29b88eaa57f1d6fd828f4cd.pdf ER -