Open AccessMass media exposure, social stratification, and tobacco consumption among Nigerian adults
Author(s) -
Adebola Odunlami Tafawa,
Kasisomayajula Viswanath,
Ichiro Kawachi,
David R. Williams
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-012-9898-9
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , public health , epidemiology , consumption (sociology) , mass media , body mass index , stratification (seeds) , demography , advertising , pathology , social science , sociology , business , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology
Mass media exposure is a strong determinant of tobacco use yet little is known about this relationship in African countries. We explored socio-demographic and socio-contextual correlates of tobacco consumption and associations between mass media exposure, gender and the use of any and various forms of tobacco among Nigerians.
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