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Table 2 Prevalence of current cigarette smoking, and non-cigarette tobacco products use as well as susceptibility to using any tobacco product among never users among adolescents in 22 African Countries using the 2013-2018 Global Youth Tobacco Surveys

From: Prevalence and correlates of current tobacco use and non-user susceptibility to using tobacco products among school-going adolescents in 22 African countries: a secondary analysis of the 2013-2018 global youth tobacco surveys

Survey Countries

Current Smokers of Cigarette

Current use of smoke tobacco product other than cigarette

Current use of smokeless tobacco

Current use of any tobacco product

Susceptibility to using any tobacco product among never users of tobacco product

Male %a

Female %a

Total %a

Male %a

Female %a

Total %a

Male %a

Female %a

Total %a

Male %a

Female %a

Total %a

Male %a

Female %a

Total %a

All Countries

15.2

6.5

10.9

6.1

2.5

4.3

5.1

3.2

4.1

23.7

13.7

19.1

11.8

12.7

12.2

Algeria

22.1

2.0

11.7

10.2

1.4

5.6

11.3

1.1

6.0

28.9

5.4

16.8

4.7

4.3

4.5

Cameroon

15.0

7.6

11.6

4.3

2.4

3.4

5.2

2.6

4.0

21.3

12.5

17.2

16.6

21.2

18.8

Comoros

18.5

9.9

14.3

3.9

3.2

3.5

5.3

3.0

4.1

26.6

19.9

23.4

17.2

19.6

18.3

Djibouti

22.8

16.5

20.5

6.4

5.5

6.1

9.7

4.9

7.6

34.1

28.8

32.3

19.7

22.8

20.9

Egypt

19.1

4.2

12.0

10.3

2.5

6.4

4.9

4.5

4.8

29.5

11.8

21.0

10.1

10.3

10.1

Gabon

17.4

7.6

12.8

4.4

3.4

3.9

3.6

2.7

3.2

24.4

14.7

19.8

8.2

13.5

10.9

Gambia

21.1

7.3

14.3

7.2

2.3

4.7

2.6

1.1

1.8

30.6

14.1

22.4

12.2

18.0

15.1

Ghana

12.0

9.3

10.7

4.5

3.7

4.4

3.2

4.0

3.6

20.2

18.0

19.4

15.5

16.8

16.0

Kenya

11.6

6.4

9.2

3.0

2.0

2.6

5.8

3.7

4.8

19.4

12.5

16.2

14.5

17.8

16.0

Madagascar

29.1

11.5

20.3

5.3

1.6

3.5

2.8

1.4

2.1

33.4

16.1

24.7

11.8

9.0

10.3

Mauritania

23.6

24.6

24.6

7.5

8.0

7.9

6.6

7.0

6.9

39.4

38.3

39.4

13.7

14.3

13.9

Mauritius

27.4

10.0

18.5

13.5

4.4

8.8

2.6

2.5

2.5

34.9

15.2

24.9

6.5

6.4

6.5

Morocco

8.5

2.6

5.6

3.9

2.7

3.3

4.8

2.1

3.4

16.4

8.7

12.6

5.3

6.6

6.0

Mozambique

10.7

11.8

11.7

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.5

3.9

4.3

19.3

20.8

20.7

25.6

23.8

24.6

Senegal

16.2

6.8

12.3

6.5

2.7

4.8

6.5

2.7

4.8

25.7

15.1

21.5

17.5

20.8

18.9

Seychelles

27.8

15.3

21.6

12.3

7.4

9.8

2.9

0.8

1.9

35.4

22.4

29.0

9.8

9.1

9.5

Sierra Leone

13.4

6.1

10.2

7.2

2.9

5.9

6.6

5.1

6.8

27.9

18.6

24.6

18.5

19.2

18.6

Tanzania

8.4

5.9

8.0

3.7

1.5

2.9

3.1

1.8

2.6

16.2

12.9

15.6

5.4

7.3

6.3

Togo

11.3

3.2

8.2

4.1

2.0

3.3

2.7

1.5

2.2

17.3

8.5

13.9

11.2

14.0

12.4

Tunisia

18.7

2.7

10.7

9.0

1.6

5.3

3.4

1.6

2.5

23.9

6.1

15.1

6.6

5.9

6.3

Uganda

10.8

8.8

9.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

7.0

5.6

6.3

23.5

20.9

22.2

20.6

22.3

21.5

Zimbabwe

38.4

34.4

37.9

9.0

4.3

6.7

7.4

7.5

7.3

47.6

43.3

47.1

15.8

16.1

15.4

  1. aweighted percentage