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Research data: TOBACCO INDUSTRY
2013 A decade of tobacco control: the South African case of politics, health policy, health promotion and behaviour change
The South African (SA) government has implemented comprehensive tobacco control measures in line with the requirements of the Framework Con...
Download this report2012 Prevalence, correlates and perceptions toward cigarette smoking among male and female in-school adolescents (aged 11-18 years) in South Africa: results from the 2008 GYTS study
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of current cigarette use among 8470 school-going adolescents (a...
2011 Determinants of exposure to Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke (SHS) among current non-smoking in-school adolescents (aged 11-18 years) in South Africa: results from the 2008 GYTS study
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) among 6,412 current non-smok...
2003 Newspaper coverage of South African tobacco issues, 1997-2001
The purpose of this study was to investigate the way in which the tobacco issues has been framed in the mass media in South Africa. 363 New...