Tobacco use prevalence and its determinate factor in Ethiopia- finding of the 2016 Ethiopian GATS

• Main Authors: Sisay Derso Mengesha (Author), Kirubel Tesfaye Teklu (Author), Abel Weldetinsae (Author), Melaku Gizaw Serte (Author), Moa Abate Kenea (Author), Daniel Abera Dinssa (Author), Mesay Getachew Woldegabriel (Author), Tsigereda Assefa Alemayehu (Author), Wassihun Melaku Belay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tobacco, one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases, kills 8 million people each year. Like other sub-Saharan countries, Ethiopia faces the potential challenge of a tobacco epidemic. However, there is no organized data on the prevalence of tobacco use in the country. T...