Tobacco consumption and non-communicable diseases in Ghana; Identifying accentuating factors and further evidence from 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey
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2017
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Abstract
lthough the prevalence of smoking is low in Ghana, little is known about the effect of
migra tion on smoking. Comparing Ghanaians living in their country of origin to those living in
Europe offers an opportunity to investigate smoking by location of residence and the
associ ations between smoking behaviours and migration-related factors.
Methods
Data on a relatively homogenous group of Ghanaians living in London (n = 949), Amsterdam
(n = 1400), Berlin (n = 543), rural Ghana (n = 973) and urban Ghana (n = 1400) from the
cross-sectional RODAM (Research on Obesity & Diabetes in African Migrants) study were
used. Age-standardized prevalence rates of smoking by location of residence and factors
associated with smoking among Ghanaian men were estimated using prevalence ratios
(PR: 95% CIs).
Results
Current smoking was non-existent among women in rural and urban Ghana and London but
was 3.2% and 3.3% in women in Amsterdam and Berlin, respectively. Smoking prevalence
was higher in men in Europe (7.8%) than in both rural and urban Ghana (4.8%): PR 1.91:
95% CI 1.27, 2.88, adjusted for age, marital status, education and employment
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Brathwaite R, Addo J, Kunst AE, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, de-Graft Aikins A, et al. (2017) Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0177291