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Tobacco use among youth remains a significant global public health challenge especially in low and middle Income countries (LMICs). The vast majority of smokers begin using tobacco products well before the age of 18 years.If current trends continue, a lifetime of tobacco use would result in the deaths of 250 million children and young people alive today, most of them in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). In recent years, the tobacco control community has shifted its focus to LMICs, which are becoming a major market for tobacco companies seeking to expand their profits and compensate for dwindling markets in higher-income countries. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are in the first stage of the tobacco epidemic .Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, with an estimated 44% of her population under the age of 18 years, remains an attractive market for the tobacco industry. The 2008 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) conducted among children aged 13-15 years in five sites across Nigeria showed rates of smoking experimentation ranging from 4.7% in Ibadan (South Western region) to 16.1% in Kano (North central region), while current smoking rates ranged from 0.3% to 11.4% among girls and boys in Kano state respectively.6 Furthermore, 2.9% of girls in Ibadan and up to 17.8% of girls in Lagos state who had never smoked cigarettes reported that they were likely to initiate cigarette smoking within the next year . Availability and accessibility of different types of tobacco products to youth have been identified as an important determinant of tobacco use. Reducing the availability and accessibility of cigarettes to young people can significantly reduce youth smoking. While there is paucity of data from many African countries, studies in more developed countries showed that youth who perceived cigarettes as Cigarette purchase and accessibility among children in a developing country. A study among in-school youth in Lagos state, Nigeria Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya1, Olanrewaju Onigbogi1, Chife Jacob1, Kolawole Okuyemi2

Cigarette purchase and accessibility among children in a developing country. A study among in-school youth in Lagos state, Nigeria.