TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to Outdoor Tobacco Advertisements Near Home is Associated with Smoking among Youth in Indonesia
AU - Nurhayati, Nurhayati
AU - Kusuma, Dian
AU - Tarigan, Azhari Akmal
AU - Siregar, Putra Apriadi
AU - Hasibuan, Reni Ria Armayani
AU - Ahsan, Abdillah
N1 - Funding Information:
Support was provided by the Center for Islamic Economics and Business, the University of Indonesia, with funding awarded by Bloomberg Philanthropies to Johns Hopkins University. Its content is solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of Bloomberg Philanthropies or Johns Hopkins University.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults is persistently high, and among youth is increasing in Indonesia. Objective: This study aims to examine the association between youth smoking behavior and outdoor tobacco adverts near home in Indonesia. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 3,557 students in North Sumatera during September-November 2020. The main independent variables include seeing tobacco advertisements near home, near school, on social media. The outcome variables included ever smoked and smoked in the last ten days. Results: We found significant associations between exposure to outdoor tobacco adverts near home and youth smoking. High school students who reported seeing tobacco adverts near home were 1.42 times more likely to smoke and 2.29 times more likely to smoke in the last ten days. Moreover, students at private schools (a proxy for higher income) exposed to tobacco adverts near home were 1.56 times more likely to smoke and 2.93 times more likely to smoke in the last ten days. Conclusion: Exposure to outdoor tobacco advertisements near home is associated with smoking among youth in Indonesia.
AB - Background: The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults is persistently high, and among youth is increasing in Indonesia. Objective: This study aims to examine the association between youth smoking behavior and outdoor tobacco adverts near home in Indonesia. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 3,557 students in North Sumatera during September-November 2020. The main independent variables include seeing tobacco advertisements near home, near school, on social media. The outcome variables included ever smoked and smoked in the last ten days. Results: We found significant associations between exposure to outdoor tobacco adverts near home and youth smoking. High school students who reported seeing tobacco adverts near home were 1.42 times more likely to smoke and 2.29 times more likely to smoke in the last ten days. Moreover, students at private schools (a proxy for higher income) exposed to tobacco adverts near home were 1.56 times more likely to smoke and 2.93 times more likely to smoke in the last ten days. Conclusion: Exposure to outdoor tobacco advertisements near home is associated with smoking among youth in Indonesia.
KW - Indonesia
KW - Smoking
KW - Tobacco advertisements
KW - Tobacco control
KW - Youth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135273730&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2179
DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2179
M3 - Article
C2 - 35901321
AN - SCOPUS:85135273730
VL - 23
SP - 2179
EP - 2183
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
SN - 1513-7368
IS - 7
ER -
