Prevalence and determinants of dual and poly-tobacco use among males in 19 low-and middle-income countries: Implications for a comprehensive tobacco control regulation
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Author(s)
Chen, Daniel Tzu-Hsuan
Millett, Christopher
Filippidis, Filippos T
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Despite their implications for tobacco control, data on concurrent dual (using two tobacco products) and poly-tobacco use (using more than two products) are relatively scarce globally. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of dual and poly-tobacco use among men in 19 low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and assess potential associations with individual and country level factors. Data from 19 LMICs were obtained from the most recent wave of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), collected between 2015 and 2016 comprising 235,975 men aged 15–49 years. The prevalence of current single, dual and poly-tobacco use were estimated using available sample weights. Mixed-effect multilevel models were used to estimate associations of individual and country level factors with tobacco use. Results showed that the prevalence of dual or poly-tobacco use among men was highest in Timor Leste (27.1%), Nepal (18.3%), Lesotho (13.2%) and India (9.3%). Factors associated with dual and poly-tobacco use were older age, low academic achievement, low income status, being divorced, living in urban areas and high frequency of media use. Among country-level characteristics, national wealth was not associated with dual and poly-tobacco use. Implementation of MPOWER measures was inversely associated with single tobacco use; this was not the case for dual and poly-tobacco use. Findings suggest that dual and poly-tobacco use are common among men especially in South-East Asian countries. This study highlights the need for MPOWER measures to be expanded and strengthened to address all tobacco products and explicitly consider dual and poly use.
Date Issued
2021-01-01
Date Acceptance
2020-12-15
Citation
Preventive Medicine, 2021, 142, pp.1-7
ISSN
0091-7435
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
7
Journal / Book Title
Preventive Medicine
Volume
142
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000608264600003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
Smoking
Poly-tobacco
Dual use
Tobacco products
Tobacco control
SMOKING PREVALENCE
MPOWER
ADULTS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 106377
Date Publish Online
2020-12-17