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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Niger

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Niger GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum. These determinants are components Niger could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Niger GYTS was a school-based survey of students in 6eme, 5eme and 4eme, conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Niger. At the first stage, schools were selected with probability proportional to enrollment size. At the second stage, classes were randomly selected and all students in selected classes were eligible to participate. The school response rate was 100%, the student response rate was 84%, and the overall response rate was 84%. A total of 1,974 students participated in the Niger GYTS.

Prevalence

18.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 32.1%, Female = 5.1%)

14.5% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 20.2%, Female = 8.4%)

9.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 16.6%, Female = 2.5%)

7.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 7.5%, Female = 6.4%)

11.0% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

33.9% think boys and 24.6% think girls who smoke have more friends

26.7% think boys and 23.4% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

23.0% usually smoke at home

31.7% buy cigarettes in a store

91.8% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

33.9% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

56.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

59.6% think smoking should be banned from public places

56.4% think smoke from others is harmful to them

10.5% have one or more parents who smoke

7.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

75.7% want to stop smoking

69.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

Media and Advertising

83.6% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

77.7% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

62.3% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

34.3% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

. were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

39.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

26.9% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

36.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 14.5% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 9.5% currently smoke cigarettes; 7% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—one-third of students live in homes where others smoke in their presence, and over half are exposed to smoke in public places; 1 in 10 have at least one parent who smokes, and nearly 8% have most or all friends who smoke.
  • Over half of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Almost 6 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • Three-quarters of current smokers want to quit.
  • Over 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 3 of 4 students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

For additional information, please E-mail:
tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov

 

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Page last modified 06/27/2007