Tobacco use and khat chewing among adolescents in Yemen: a large-scale school-based cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri (Author), Mohammed Nasser Alhajj (Author), Walid A. Al-Soneidar (Author), Anas Shamala (Author), Baleegh Abdulraoof Alkadasi (Author), Abdullah Ghalib Amran (Author), Faisal Abu-lohom (Author), Hesham Mohammed Al-Sharani (Author), Mohammed Abdullah Basalamah (Author), Zakarya Al-Muaalemi (Author), Asma Saleh Almeslet (Author), Saleem Abdulrab (Author), Abdulaziz Abdullah Asiri (Author), Saba Kassim (Author), Esam Halboub (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective The present study sought to assess the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use (cigarette smoking and shisha use) and khat chewing among Yemeni adolescents, and to evaluate their knowledge and attitudes toward these habits. Methods This school-based cross-sectional study was co...