Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2005 Jun;95(6):1009-15.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056895.

Patterns of tobacco use in the early epidemic stages: Malawi and Zambia, 2000-2002

Fred C Pampel  1
Affiliations

Patterns of tobacco use in the early epidemic stages: Malawi and Zambia, 2000-2002

Fred C Pampel. Am J Public Health. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

Objectives: I examined demographic and socioeconomic patterns of tobacco use in 2 African nations in the early stages of epidemic.

Methods: I used population-based data from the Demographic Health Surveys of men aged 15-59 years (N=5111) and women aged 15-49 years (N=20809) in Malawi (2000) and Zambia (2001/2002) and multinomial logistic regression models to examine tobacco use (nonsmoker, light cigarette smoker, heavy cigarette smoker, and user of other tobacco) as a function of age, residence, education, occupation, marital status, and religion.

Results: Male tobacco users tend to be less educated, urban, household service or manual workers, formerly married, and non-Christian and non-Muslim. Although tobacco use is less common among women, it relates inversely to their education and occupational status. Tobacco users more often reported drinking, getting drunk, and, among men, paying for sex.

Conclusions: Tobacco use patterns in 2 African nations at the early stages of epidemic suggest the need for public health officials to focus on disadvantaged groups to prevent the worldwide spread of tobacco.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Jha P, Chaloupka FJ, eds. Tobacco Control in Developing Countries. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2000.
    1. Jha P, Chaloupka FJ. Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control. Washington, DC: World Bank;1999:13,15.
    1. Taylor A., Chaloupka FJ, Guindon E, Corbett M. The impact of trade liberalization on tobacco consumption. In: Jha P, Chaloupka FJ, eds. Tobacco Control in Developing Countries. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2000:343–364.
    1. Parker-Pope T. Cigarettes: Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke. New York, NY: New Press; 2001.
    1. Sugarman SB. International aspects of tobacco control and the proposed WHO treaty. In: Rabin RL, Sugarman SD, eds. Regulating Tobacco. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2001:245–284.

Publication types