Review Article

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Current Cigarette Smoking among Ethiopian University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of 13 studies reporting prevalence of current cigarette smoking among Ethiopian university students included in systematic review and meta-analysis of 2019.

Region of universityName of universityAuthorYear of publicationDesignData collection methodSample sizePrevalence (%)

Addis AbabaAddis Ababa UniversityDeressa and Azazh2011Cross sectionalSelf-administered6229.00

TigrayAxum UniversityGebreslassie et al.2013Cross sectionalSelf-administered7649.50
Sheba UniversityHagos et al.2016Cross sectionalSelf-administered27111.40

 Debre Berhan UniversityGebremariam et al.2018Cross sectionalSelf-administered6957.40

AmharaWoldia UniversityAdere et al.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered6556.40

 Debre Berhan UniversityBirhanu B.2014Cross sectionalSelf-administered34614.70

SNNPRHawassa UniversityBago BJ.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered31020.60
Hawassa UniversityKassa et al.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered59011.90
Wolaita UniversityMekonen et al.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered74719.80

Dire DawaDire Dawa UniversityKumburi et al.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered91513.70

OromiaHaramaya UniversityTesfaye et al.2014Cross sectionalSelf-administered102210.80

SomaliJijiga UniversityAsgedom T.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered32415.20
Jijiga UniversityBanti TK et al.2017Cross sectionalSelf-administered60014.50