Trends in smoking prevalence in South Africa for 1998 - 2014 - overcoming the challenge of multiple data sources

Background Monitoring prevalence of smoking is essential for evaluating the impact of national tobacco control policies. This study aims to estimate national pooled smoking prevalence trends over a 16 year period for adult South Africans. Methods Smoking prevalence by age, sex and race from 14 So...

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Main Authors: Charl Janse van Rensburg, Pam Groenewald, Oluwatoyin Awotiwon, Beatrice Nojilana, Jane Joubert, Victoria Pillay van-Wyk, Debbie Bradshaw, Samuel Manda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Trends-in-smoking-prevalence-in-South-Africa-for-1998-2014-overcoming-the-challenge,84201,0,2.html