Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Prevalence

24.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 27.6%, Female = 20.2%)

19.9% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 20.8%, Female = 18.4%)

13.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 14.4%, Female = 12.4%)

10.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 11.0%, Female = 8.9%)

24.7% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
 

Knowledge and Attitude

22.5% think boys and 18.4% think girls who smoke have more friends

22.3% think boys and 21.3% think girls who smoke look more attract
 

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

43.6% usually smoke at home

26.3% buy cigarettes in a store

66.5% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age
 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

26.2% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

37.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

57.8% think smoking should be banned from public places

48.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

22.2% have one or more parents who smoke

14.9% have most or all friends who smoke
 

Cessation—Current Smokers

87.0% want to stop smoking

78.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year

99.7% have ever received help to stop smoking
 

Media and Advertising

55.4% saw antismoking media messages, in the past 30 days

53.5% saw pro–cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

54.9% saw pro–cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

13.1% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

14.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
 

School

37.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

23.2% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

38.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

• One fifth of the students currently use any form of tobacco; 14 of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 10currently use some other form of tobacco.

• ETS exposure is high—one quarter of the students live in homes where others smoke and over a third of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; one fifth of the students have a parent who smokes and 15% of the students have friends who smoke.

• Approximately 5 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.

• Over 80% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.

• 1 in 10 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.

• Five in 10 students saw antismoking media messages in the past 30 days; Five in 10 students saw pro–cigarette ads in the past 30 days.