Use patterns of cigarettes and alternative tobacco products and socioeconomic correlates in Hong Kong secondary school students

Abstract Smoking is a major cause of health inequities. However, sociodemographic differences in adolescent tobacco use are unclear. In a territory-wide school-based anonymous survey in 2018/19, we investigated tobacco use and sociodemographic correlates in 33,991 students (mean age 14.8 ± 1.9 years...

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Main Authors: Lijun Wang, Jianjiu Chen, Lok Tung Leung, Sai Yin Ho, Tai Hing Lam, Man Ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96452-y