TY - JOUR
T1 - Potential roles of school administrators and community-residing adults in tobacco use prevention in Nigerian college students
T2 - A viewpoint
AU - Nwobi, Anthonia U.
AU - Eseadi, Chiedu
AU - Agboeze, Mathias U.
AU - Okoye, Onyinyechi E.
AU - Iremeka, Felicia Ukamaka
AU - Mbagwu, Felicia
AU - Ohia, Nkiru Christiana
AU - Nwaubani, Okechukwu O.
AU - Oboegbulem, Angie I.
AU - Akaneme, Immaculata N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Tobacco use is a key risk factor for the development of non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. On May 31 every year, World No Tobacco Day is celebrated to draw attention to the health risks and other risks related to tobacco use and to campaign for effective policies to minimize tobacco use. In this paper, we address important issues related to tobacco use, and highlight the potential roles of school administrators and community-residing adults in supporting college students in Nigeria in refraining from tobacco use. We argue that various stakeholders, including school administrators and community-residing adults, have important roles to play in providing community- and school-level support to college students to enable them to refrain from tobacco use. However, research is needed to empirically measure whether and how school administrators and community-residing adults have helped to reduce tobacco use in college students in Nigeria.
AB - Tobacco use is a key risk factor for the development of non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. On May 31 every year, World No Tobacco Day is celebrated to draw attention to the health risks and other risks related to tobacco use and to campaign for effective policies to minimize tobacco use. In this paper, we address important issues related to tobacco use, and highlight the potential roles of school administrators and community-residing adults in supporting college students in Nigeria in refraining from tobacco use. We argue that various stakeholders, including school administrators and community-residing adults, have important roles to play in providing community- and school-level support to college students to enable them to refrain from tobacco use. However, research is needed to empirically measure whether and how school administrators and community-residing adults have helped to reduce tobacco use in college students in Nigeria.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Community-residing adults
KW - Nigeria
KW - School administrators
KW - Students
KW - Tobacco use prevention
KW - World no tobacco day
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056270940&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0300060518798254
DO - 10.1177/0300060518798254
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30207177
AN - SCOPUS:85056270940
SN - 0300-0605
VL - 46
SP - 4412
EP - 4417
JO - Journal of International Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Medical Research
IS - 11
ER -
