Addressing a Threat to the Healthfulness of Tomorrow’s Generation: The Case of Cigarette Smoking in Nigeria

• Egbe, Catherine O. ^[1] ; Petersen, Inge ^[1] ; Meyer-Weitz, Anna ^[1]
  1. [1] University of KwaZulu-Natal

     University of KwaZulu-Natal

     Ethekwini, Sudáfrica

     
• Localización: Qualitative Research in Education, ISSN-e 2014-6418, Vol. 3, Nº. 3, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: October), págs. 273-294
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.4471/qre.%y.945
• Títulos paralelos:
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  • español

    El consumo de cigarrillos ha recibido una atención amplia por los organismos internacionales y locales de salud. Se están haciendo esfuerzos para frenar la prevalencia del tabaquismo a nivel mundial con el fin de reducir los efectos sanitarios, económicos y sociales del consumo de tabaco en la sociedad. Mientras que algunos países desarrollados están teniendo éxito en este esfuerzo, principalmente a través de las políticas estirctas de control del tabaco y la educación al público, Nigeria todavía se está introduciendo de forma activa en el Convenio Marco de la OMS para el Control del Tabaco (CMCT), que se firmó en 28 de junio 2004 (Nigeria: informe de la OMS-CMCT, sd). Con el estancamiento del proceso de formulación de una política de control del tabaco viable en Nigeria a través de la política y del politiqueo, es importante que otras estrategias ayuden en la reducción de la prevalencia del tabaquismo, especialmente expolrarlas entre los jóvenes. Este artículo analiza las influencias psicosociales de riesgo de fumar entre los jóvenes de Nigeria con el fin de informar a las intervenciones educativas y psicosociales que pueden ayudar a reducir el hábito de fumar por los jóvenes.

  • English

    Cigarette smoking has widely received the attention of international and local health bodies. Efforts are being made towards curbing smoking prevalence globally with a view to reduce the health, economic and social effects of smoking in the society. While some developed countries are recording success in this effort mainly through stringent tobacco control policies and educating the public, Nigeria is yet to actively key into the WHO-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) which she signed in June 28 2004 (Nigeria: Report card on the WHO-FCTC, n.d.). With the stalling of the process of formulating a viable tobacco control policy in Nigeria through politics and politicking, it is important that other strategies which will help in reducing smoking prevalence especially among the youth be explored. This article looks at the psychosocial risk influences for smoking among Nigerian youth with a view to inform educational and psychosocial interventions that can help to reduce smoking uptake by the youth.

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