Prevalence and Determinants of Tobacco Smoking Among Low-Income Urban Adolescents.

Tobacco-smoking in children is one of the most crucial public health concerns, which could be highly prevalent in underprivileged populations. A cross sectional, random sampling survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of current tobacco-smoking and related risk factors among adolescents living in a low-income area of Santiago de Chile. Of the 2,747 adolescents participating in the study, 24.