Adverse Childhood Experiences and Smoking among Urban Youths in Oyo State, South Western Nigeria

Adverse childhood experiences are childhood traumas which influence the developing child and derail healthy developmental processes. The developing child attempt to cope by adopting health risk behaviors such as smoking which has been associated with adverse health outcomes which may not be apparent until many years after exposure.1,2 Research and surveillance on adverse childhood experiences and smoking is a substantially neglected area in Sub Saharan Africa including Nigeria.

Objective

To assess the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Smoking behaviors among urban youths in Oyo State, South Western Nigeria.