A decade of tobacco control: the South African case of politics, health policy, health promotion and behaviour change
SOURCE: South African Medical Journal
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Reddy, S.James, R.Sewpaul, D.Yach, K.Resnicow, S.Sifunda, Z.Mthembu, A.Mbewu
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, POLICY FORMULATION, RISK BEHAVIOUR, TOBACCO INDUSTRY, TOBACCO USE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7938
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2775
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2775
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Reddy, S.James, R.Sewpaul, D.Yach, K.Resnicow, S.Sifunda, Z.Mthembu, A.Mbewu
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, POLICY FORMULATION, RISK BEHAVIOUR, TOBACCO INDUSTRY, TOBACCO USE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7938
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2775
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2775
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Abstract
The South African (SA) government has implemented comprehensive tobacco control measures in line with the requirements of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The effect of these measures on smoking prevalence and smoking-related attitudes, particularly among young people, is largely unknown. The objective was to describe the impact of a comprehensive health promotion approach to tobacco control amongst SA school learners. Four successive cross-sectional Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTSs) were conducted in 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2011 among nationally representative samples of SA grades 8 - 10 school learners. We assessed the prevalence of current smoking (having smoked a cigarette on ? 1 day in the 30 days preceding the survey) and smoking-related attitudes and behaviours. Over the 12-year survey period current smoking among learners declined from 23.0% (1999) to 16.9% (2011) a 26.5% reduction. Reductions in smoking prevalence were less pronounced amongst girls and amongst black learners. We observed an increase in smoking prevalence amongst learners between 2008 and 2011. Smoking-related attitudes and behaviours showed favourable changes over the survey period. These surveys demonstrate that the comprehensive and inter-sectorial tobacco control health promotion strategies implemented in SA have led to a gradual reduction in cigarette use amongst school learners. Of concern, however, are the smaller reductions in smoking prevalence amongst girls and black learners and an increase in smoking prevalence from 2008 to 2011. Additional efforts, especially for girls, are needed to ensure continued reduction in smoking prevalence amongst SA youth.-
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