Erinoso, O., Osibogun, O., Egbe C.O., Oyapero, A., Wright, O., Osibogun, A. (in press). Electronic nicotine delivery systems in Nigeria: Flavours, Prices and Risk messaging. Tobacco Control. Manuscript no: tobaccocontrol-2022-057578
Egbe, C.O. Kulik, MC, Londani, M., Ngobese, S.P. & Ayo-Yusuf, O.A. (2022). A cross sectional investigation of softening indicators among South African smokers: Results from the South African Social Attitudes Survey between 2007 and 2018, Preventative Medicine Reports, Vol. 27, 101785, doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101785
Ling, P, Minji, K, Egbe CO, Patanavanich, R, de Pinho, M, Hendlin, Yogi. (2022) Moving Targets: How Novel Tobacco Products and Marketing create Policy Challenges” Tobacco Control. Manuscript ID: tobaccocontrol-2021-056552
Egbe C.O., Magati, P., Wanyonyi, E., Sessou, L., Owusu-Dabo, E., & Ayo-Yusuf O.A. (2022). Landscape of tobacco control in Africa. Tobacco Control. Manuscript ID tobaccocontrol-2021-056540
Egbe C.O., Gwambe, S. & Ngobese, S.P. (2021). Fighting Tobacco in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the Clutches of the Tobacco Industry. MMS Bulletin No. 160. Medicus Mundi Switzerland Online journal https://www.medicusmundi.ch/en/advocacy/publications/mms-bulletin/fighting-tobacco-in-lmic/advocacy/fighting-tobacco-in-sub-saharan-africa
Zatoński, M., Egbe, C.O., Robertson, L., & Gilmore, A.B. (2021). Framing the policy debate over tobacco control legislation and tobacco taxation in South Africa. Tobacco Control Published Online First: 25 November 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056675
Agaku, I, Egbe, C.O., Ayo-Yusuf, O.A. (2021). E-cigarette Advertising exposure among South African adults in 2017: Findings from a nationally representative Cross-sectional Survey. BMJ Open. Vol 11:e048462. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048462
Crosbie, E., Defrank, V., Egbe, C.O., Ayo-Yusuf, O., & Bialous, S. (2021). Tobacco supply and demand strategies used in African countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 99(7), 539–540. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.266932
Agaku I, Egbe C.O., Ayo-Yusuf O.A. (2021). Circumvention of COVID-19-related restrictions on tobacco sales by the e-cigarette industry in South Africa and comparative analyses of e-cigarette vs cigarette volume sales during 2018-2020. Preventive Medicine. 148: 106526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106526
Agaku I, Egbe C.O., Ayo-Yusuf O.A. (2021). Potential revenue from taxing e-cigarettes and comparison of the costs from daily e-cigarette use vs. cigarette smoking among South African adults. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 19: 07. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/131861
Agaku, I., Egbe C.O., & Ayo-Yusuf, O.A. (2021). Associations between electronic cigarette use and quitting behaviors among South African adult smokers. Tobacco Control. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056102. Epub ahead of print.
Agaku, I., Egbe C.O., & Ayo-Yusuf, O.A. (2021). Geospatial spread of e-cigarette vape shops in South Africa and the relationship with product experimentation and use among adults. Health and Place.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102507
Agaku I, Egbe C, Ayo-Yusuf O. (2021). Utilisation of smoking cessation aids among South African adult smokers: findings from a national survey of 18 208 South African adults. Family Medicine and Community Health, 9, e000637. https://doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2020-000637
Clancy, L., Gallus, S., Leung, J., & Egbe, C. O. (2020). Tobacco and COVID-19: Understanding the science and policy implications. Tobacco induced diseases, 18, 105. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/131035
Londani, M., Morojele, N., Egbe, C.O., Nel, E., Petersen Williams, P., Harker, N., & Parry, C. (2020). On- and off-licensed premises drinking behaviour among adults in the city of Tshwane, South Africa: An analysis of data from the International Alcohol Control study. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13223
Ngobese, S. P., Egbe, C.O., Londani M., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2020). Non-smoker’s exposure to second-hand smoke in South Africa: results from the 2017 South African Social Attitude Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 8112; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218112
Hlomani-Nyawasha, T., Meyer-Weitz, A., & Egbe C. O. (2020). Factors influencing alcohol use among female in-school adolescents in the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246320946298 journals.sagepub.com/home/sap
Egbe C. O. & Ngobese S. P. (2020). COVID-19 lockdown and tobacco product ban in South Africa. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 18(May), 39. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/120938
Egbe, C. O., London, L., Kalideen, S., Delobelle, P., & Datay, I. (2020). The need to regulate electronic cigarettes amidst health concerns: Let’s follow the evidence. South African Medical Journal, 110(3), 178-179. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i3.14568
Egbe, C. O., Londani, M., Parry, C. D., Myers, B., Shuper, P. A., Nkosi, S., & Morojele, N. K. (2019). Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among people living with HIV who drink heavily in South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1684. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8047-8
Londani, M., Morojele, N. K., Egbe, C. O., Nel, E., & Parry, C. D. (2019). Police involvement due to alcohol use in South Africa: results from the international alcohol control study. Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology, 32(1), 141-153. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-19bd2f05c6
Abraham, E. A., Egbe, C. O., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2019) News media coverage of shisha in Nigeria from 2014 to 2018. Tob. Induc. Dis. 2019;17(April):33. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/106139
Egbe C. O. Parry, C.D.H., & Myers B. (2018). Electronic cigarettes: the solution or yet another phase of the tobacco epidemic? South African Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246318794828
Egbe, C.O., Bialous, S. A., & Glantz S. (2018). Role of stakeholders in Nigeria’s tobacco control journey after the FCTC: lessons for tobacco control advocacy in low-income and middle-income countries. Tob Control Epub ahead of print 25 Jul 2018. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054344
Egbe, C.O., Bialous, S. A., & Glantz S. (2018). FCTC Implementation in Nigeria: Lessons for Low and Middle-Income Countries. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 1–9.https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty069
Egbe, C. O., Egbochuku, E.O., Meyer-Weitz, A., & Petersen, I. (2017). A qualitative exploration of the theory of triadic influence in a Nigerian setting: the case of cigarette smoking. Psychological Studies, 62(3), 314-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-017-0419-5
Shangase, Z. P., Tsoka-Gwegweni, J. M., & Egbe, C. O. (2017). Barriers to smoking cessation for drug resistant tuberculosis patients in South Africa. Annals of Global Health. 83(3), 501-508. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.05.007
Egbe, C. O., Dakum, P., Ekong, E., Kohrt, Minto, J & Ticao, C. (2017). Prevalence and factors associated with depression, suicidality and alcohol use disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. BMC Public Health 17:542. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4467-5
Petersen, I., Marais, D, Abdulmalik J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A, Chisholm, D, Egbe, C., Gureje, O., Hanlon, C., Lund, C., Shidhaye, R. (2017). Strengthening mental health system governance in six low-and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia: challenges, needs and potential strategies. Health Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx014
Egbe, C.O., Bialous, S. A., & Glantz S. (2017). Avoiding “a massive spin-off effect in West Africa and beyond”: The tobacco industry’s role in stymieing tobacco control in Nigeria. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx037
Egbe, C.O., Egbochuku, E.O., Petersen, I., & Meyer-Weitz, A. (2016). Cigarette smoking among Southern Nigerian youth and what geopolitical zones got to do with it. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 11:3, 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2016.1192710
Petersen, I, Evans-Lacko, S, Semrau, M, Barry, MM, Chisholm, D, Gronholm P, Egbe, C. O., Thornicroft, G. (2016) Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 10:30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0060-z
Patel, V., Chisholm, D., Parikh, R., Charlson, F. J., Degenhardt, L., Dua, T., … & Lund, C. and the DCP 3 group (2016). Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities. The Lancet, 387(10028), 1672-1685. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00390-6
Egbe, C. O., Petersen, I. & Meyer-Weitz, A. (2016). Knowledge of the negative effects of cigarette smoking on health and well-being among Southern Nigerian youth. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity,6(3), 184-190.
Egbe, C.O. (2015). Experiences and effects of psychiatric stigma: Monologues of the stigmatizers and the stigmatized in an African setting. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10: 27954 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27954.
Brooke-Sumner, C., Petersen, I., Asher, L., Mall, S., & Egbe, C. O., & Lund, C. (2015). Systematic Review of Feasibility and Acceptability of Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. BMC Psychiatry, 15(19). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0400-6
Shangase, P., & Egbe, C. O. (2015). Barriers to accessing HIV services for black African communities in Cambridgeshire, the United Kingdom. Journal of Community Health, vol 40(1), pp 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-014-9889-8
Egbe, C. O., Petersen, I. & Meyer-Weitz, A., & Oppong Asante K. (2014). An exploratory study of the socio-cultural risk influences for cigarette smoking in Southern Nigerian youth. BMC Public Health 14:1204. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1204
Egbe, C. O., Petersen, I. & Meyer-Weitz, A. (2014). Addressing a threat to the healthfulness of tomorrow’s generation: the case of cigarette smoking in Nigeria. Qualitative Research in Education, 3(3) 273-294. https://doi.org/10.4471/qre.2014.48
Egbe, C. O., Meyer-Weitz A., Oppong Asante K., & Petersen, I. (2014). “A woman is not supposed to smoke”: Exploring gendered stereotypes in smoking patterns in a Nigerian Setting. Journal of Psychology, 5 (1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/09764224.2014.11885500
Egbe, C. O., Brooke-Sumner, C., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O., Thornicroft, G., & Petersen, I. (2014). Psychiatric stigma and discrimination in South Africa: perspectives from key stakeholders. BMC Psychiatry, 14:191. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-191.
Petersen, I., Fairall, L., Egbe, C. O., & Arvin Bhana (2014). Optimizing lay counsellor services for chronic care in South Africa: a qualitative systematic review. Patient Education and Counselling, 95; 201-210. Doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.02.001.
Egbe, C. O., Petersen, I. & Meyer-Weitz, A. (2013). Community participation in tobacco control in a Nigerian setting. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 23(2), 311-316.https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2013.10820628
Egbe, C. O. (2013). Descriptive poems on a qualitative research with young smokers in Southern Nigeria. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(5), pp 353-354. doi:10.1177/1077800413479560
Petersen, I., Evans-Lacko, S., Semrau, M., Barry, M., Chisholm, D., Gronholm, P., Egbe, C. O., & Thornicroft, G. (2016). Population and community platform interventions. In book: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4): Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders, pp. 183-200. DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0426-7_ch10. Washington DC, World Bank Group
Egbe, C. O., (Second Ed.) (2015).A Handbook of Guidance and Counselling for Secondary School Students. Benin, Mindex Publishing Co. Ltd. (ISBN 978-978-8408-02-4)
Egbe, C. O. (2011). Counselling approach to handling students’ challenges in secondary schools in Ofoegbu C. I and Omokaro B. (Eds). Keys to Studying & Achieving Success in Examinations for Junior Secondary School (pp 33-56). Benin City, Nigeria, Mindex Publishers. (ISBN 978-978-8408-78-9)
Egbe, C. O. (2011). Counselling approach to handling students’ challenges in secondary schools; in Ofoegbu C. I and Omokaro B. (Eds). Keys to Studying & Achieving Success in Examinations for Senior Secondary School (pp 32-54). Benin City, Nigeria, Mindex Publishers. (ISBN 978-978-8408-81-9)
Egbe, C. O., (2010). HIV information delivery and decision-making skills – Effective means of fostering awareness towards behavioural intentions of HIV/AIDS among Nigerian adolescents. Germany, Lambert Publishing Company. (ISBN 978-3-8433-8403-2)
Egbe, C. O. (2011). How to study and pass Biology, in Ofoegbu C. I and Omokaro B. (Eds). Keys to Studying & Achieving Success in Examinations for Senior Secondary School (pp. 183-192). Benin City, Nigeria, Mindex Publishers. (ISBN 978-978-8408-81-9)
Egbe C. O. & Egbochuku E. O. (2008). Social development; in Egbochuku E. O. & Aluede O. O. (Eds.). The Basics of Developmental Psychology (pp. 101 – 119). Benin City, Nigeria, Ambik Press Ltd. (ISBN 978-978-8400-00-4)
March 2022: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference
Poster presentations: News media coverage of COVID-19 lockdown tobacco sales ban in South Africa
Cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence among male offenders at correctional services on Tshwane, South Africa
October 2021: First African conference on Tobacco and Development Oral presentation: Socio-behavioural construct of tobacco use
October 2021: World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2021 Leadership Summit (Virtual). Oral presentation: Challenges and opportunities for Tobacco Endgame in Africa: Perspective from South Africa.
February 2021: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference (Virtual) Posters presented: a Intention to quit using tobacco among school-going adolescents in South Africa: results from global youth tobacco surveys over a 12-year period (C. O. Egbe, M. Londani1, O. A. Ayo-Yusuf) b Cigarette smoking among a household sample of alcohol drinkers in South Africa: results from South African IAC study (M. Londani, C. Parry, N. Morojele, N. Harker, P. Petersen Williams, C. Egbe)
September 2020: World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2021 Leadership Summit Webinar series. 1st Webinar: Tobacco and Covid-19: understanding the science and policy implications. Oral presentation: Tobacco control: Policies and opportunities during COVID-19
March 2020: Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research Conference – New Orleans Posters presented: a. Tobacco and nicotine products use and dual use in South Africa: results from the South African Social Attitude Survey 2007 to 2018 (C. O. Egbe, M. Londani1, O. A. Ayo-Yusuf) b. Non-smoker’s exposure to second-hand smoke in South Africa- results from the 2017 South African social attitude survey (P. S. Ngobese, C. O. Egbe, M. Londani1, O. A. Ayo-Yusuf) c. Are South African Smokers Softening or Hardening? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the South African Social Attitudes Survey between 2007 and 2018 (M.C. Kulik, O. A. Ayo-Yusuf, & C.O. Egbe)
February 2019: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference – San Francisco Posters presented: a. Cigarette smoking among people living with HIV in South Africa b. Health, law and Industry: Big tobacco and the battle to make South Africa tobacco free
March 2018: 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health – Cape Town, South Africa Poster presented: Upgrade needed: South Africa’s Tobacco Control Policy and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Paper presented: Tobacco Industry’s response to impact of World Conference on Tobacco or Health in LMICs – A case of Nigeria presented at the Symposium titled, Whither Tobacco Control in Africa? Story of the Prey and the Predator.
April 2017: 8th Annual Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) Conference – Washington DC, USA Poster presented: “Avoiding a massive spin-off effect in West Africa and beyond”: The tobacco industry’s role in stymieing tobacco control in Nigeria
April 2016: 7th Annual Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) Conference– San Francisco, USA. Poster presented: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental risk influences for smoking among the youth of Southern Nigeria
December, 2014: 3rd International Conference on Humanity, Culture and Society – Las Vegas, USA. Paper presented: Knowledge of the negative effects of cigarette smoking on health and well-being among Southern Nigerian youth
November, 2012: The 8th Joanna Briggs International Colloquium– Chiang Mai, Thailand – “Channelling the Rivers of Knowledge to Improve Global Policy and Practice.” Paper presented: Tobacco control policy and the tobacco question in Nigeria: Aligning policy formulation to deal with current realities.
2015 -2017: Tobacco industry interference and FCTC implementation in Africa: Cases studies of Nigeria and South Africa. (Principal Investigator)
2014-2016: The prevalence of depression, alcohol use and suicidality Among HIV+ Population in Nigeria (Principal Investigator)
2010 – 2012: Risk influences for smoking among the youth in southern Nigeria (a mixed methods study) (PhD research project)
2008: Information and decision-making skills as means of fostering awareness on behavioural intentions towards HIV/AIDS among Nigerian adolescents (a quasi-experimental Study) (Masters research project)
1998: A comparative study of the Biology performance of private and public school students in Warri-South Local Government Area, Nigeria (a quantitative study) (Undergraduate research project)
SAMRC Policy Brief: A case for 100% smoke-free policy in South Africa: results from the 2017 South African social attitude survey
SAMRC Policy Brief: Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among people living with HIV who drink heavily in South Africa: A cross-sectional baseline study
PRIME Policy Brief 9: Psychiatric stigma and discrimination in South Africa: perspectives from key stakeholders
EMERALD Policy Brief: Interventions at the population and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in LMICs