Publications by authors named "Divya Pillendla"
Objectives: To estimate prevalence and identify correlates of age of smoking initiation among adolescents in Africa.
Methods: Data (n = 16,519) were obtained from nationally representative Global Youth Tobacco Surveys in nine West African countries. Study outcome was adolescents' age of smoking initiation categorized into six groups: ≤7, 8 or 9, 10 or 11, 12 or 13, 14 or 15 and never-smoker.