Back

Prevalence and Predictors of Cigarette Smoking Among School-Going Adolescents in Africa Based on the Global Youth Tobacco Survey: 2001-2021

2026-02-22 epidemiology Title + abstract only
View on medRxiv
Show abstract

IntroductionTobacco smoking among school-going adolescents poses a major global public health challenge, contributing significantly to future disease burden. Understanding the prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking in this group is critical for effective interventions. MethodsThis study analyzed data from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys collected between 2001 and 2021, covering 439, 322 school-going adolescents aged 11 to 19 across 45 African countries. Descriptive statistics estimat...

Predicted journal destinations

1
PLOS ONE
1737 training papers
Top 38% 17.8%
2
BMC Public Health
148 training papers
Top 0.4% 9.1%
3
PLOS Global Public Health
287 training papers
Top 6% 9.1%
4
BMJ Open
553 training papers
Top 28% 6.0%
5
BMC Medicine
155 training papers
Top 3% 5.1%
6
Addiction
24 training papers
Top 0.8% 4.2%
7
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
116 training papers
Top 8% 2.8%
8
Scientific Reports
701 training papers
Top 80% 2.0%
9
Epidemiology and Infection
80 training papers
Top 5% 2.0%
10
Frontiers in Public Health
135 training papers
Top 15% 2.0%
11
International Journal of Epidemiology
65 training papers
Top 4% 2.0%
12
PLOS Medicine
95 training papers
Top 8% 1.6%
13
BMJ Global Health
95 training papers
Top 12% 1.5%
14
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
115 training papers
Top 15% 1.3%
15
BMC Infectious Diseases
110 training papers
Top 15% 1.3%
16
American Journal of Epidemiology
54 training papers
Top 5% 1.3%
17
Clinical Infectious Diseases
219 training papers
Top 19% 1.3%
18
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
21 training papers
Top 0.9% 1.3%
19
eLife
262 training papers
Top 39% 1.2%
20
Eurosurveillance
77 training papers
Top 10% 1.0%
21
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
166 training papers
Top 17% 1.0%
22
Thorax
29 training papers
Top 2% 1.0%
23
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
32 training papers
Top 3% 1.0%
24
Emerging Infectious Diseases
84 training papers
Top 16% 0.7%
25
Nature Communications
483 training papers
Top 60% 0.7%
26
JAMA Network Open
125 training papers
Top 30% 0.7%
27
European Journal of Epidemiology
36 training papers
Top 7% 0.5%