Attah Jacob Oche, Attah Martha Orendu Oche
Public Health Department, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom.
Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Iran J Public Health. 2025 Jul;54(7):1377-1388. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v54i7.19144.
The results of the risk factors associated with tobacco use is a public health concern that slows global progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 to ensure healthy lives. This is more pronounced in low-income countries like Nigeria where tobacco use remains prevalent leading to various types of non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to review systematically relevant literature to unravel the effects of interventions and policies geared towards tobacco control within Nigeria.
A systematic search of PubMed and ProQuest central databases, including an exploration of Google Scholar was carried out from 2012-22 for relevant studies within the last decade. The final selected studies were screened based on strict inclusion and exclusion criteria and their quality critically appraised. Six articles were included in the final review, 2 were cross-sectional studies, and 4 were experimental.
Thematic and narrative synthesis of reports showed that tobacco price increase led to lower tobacco demand and use as the price elasticity of tobacco demand estimated in different target groups provided. Moreover, health education interventions positively affected tobacco control as there was a change in knowledge, attitude and practice in groups that had received interventions in Nigeria.
The chosen interventions and policies were effective in promoting tobacco control. There should therefore be an intentional drive to ensure enactment of policies based on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. A global effort also must also be put to tackle prevalent health inequalities especially in developing countries like Nigeria.
与烟草使用相关的风险因素所产生的结果是一个公共卫生问题，它减缓了全球在实现可持续发展目标3以确保健康生活方面的进展。这在像尼日利亚这样的低收入国家更为明显，在那里烟草使用仍然很普遍，导致了各种类型的非传染性疾病。本研究旨在系统回顾相关文献，以揭示尼日利亚针对烟草控制的干预措施和政策的效果。
对PubMed和ProQuest中央数据库进行系统检索，包括在2012年至2022年期间在谷歌学术上搜索过去十年内的相关研究。最终选定的研究根据严格的纳入和排除标准进行筛选，并对其质量进行严格评估。最终综述纳入了6篇文章，其中2篇为横断面研究，4篇为实验性研究。
报告的主题和叙述性综合分析表明，烟草价格上涨导致烟草需求和使用量下降，这是根据不同目标群体估计的烟草需求价格弹性得出的。此外，健康教育干预措施对烟草控制产生了积极影响，因为在尼日利亚接受干预的群体中，知识、态度和行为发生了变化。
所选择的干预措施和政策在促进烟草控制方面是有效的。因此，应该有意推动确保根据世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》制定政策。还必须做出全球努力，以解决普遍存在的健康不平等问题，特别是在像尼日利亚这样的发展中国家。
