@article{bdd72266afa24cb5b5e4b3178547fbb1,
title = "Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey Data to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: the Case for Egypt",
abstract = "Purpose: Limited publications from Egypt have focused on prevalence of tobacco use and tobacco control policy. We used four waves of the Egypt Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) between 2001 and 2014 and a cigarette affordability measure, to evaluate the implementation of the World Health Organization{\textquoteright}s MPOWER recommendations. Findings: Despite Egypt{\textquoteright}s implementation of several MPOWER recommendations, the enforcement of laws and regulations may be limited, and therefore had little to no impact on youth current smoking prevalence through 2014. Notably, experimentation with cigarette smoking has significantly increased between waves 2001 and 2014. Summary: There is a missed opportunity for implementing evidence-based interventions for youth tobacco control in Egypt. There is a strong need for initiatives aiming at meaningful taxation, enforcement of smoking bans in public places, promoting smoke-free homes, appropriate mass media counter-advertising, and effective cessation activities.",
keywords = "Egypt, Global Youth Tobacco Survey, MPOWER, Smoking, Tobacco control, Youth",
author = "Omar El-Shahawy and Nicksic, {Nicole E.} and Carolina Ram{\^o}a and Mohammed Jawad and Raymond Niaura and David Abrams and Sherman, {Scott E.}",
note = "Funding Information: It was also supported by Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) under cooperative agreement number AID-OAA-A-11-00012. NN effort was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P50DA036105 and the Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P50HL120163. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. SS is supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1K24DA038345-01), NYU CTSA Grant (UL1TR000038) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the NYU Abu Dhabi Public Health Research Center; OS is supported in part by the NYU Abu Dhabi Public Health Research Center. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s40429-018-0184-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
pages = "54--64",
journal = "Current Addiction Reports",
issn = "2196-2952",
publisher = "Springer Nature Switzerland AG",
number = "1",
}