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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Mexico—Cuernavaca

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Mexico—Cuernavaca 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 Mexico could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Mexico—Cuernavaca GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Primero en secundaria, Segundo de secundaria, and Tercero de secundaria conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Cuernavaca. 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 92%, the student response rate was 87.0%, and the overall response rate was 80.1%. A total of 2,001 students participated in the Mexico—Cuernavaca GYTS.

Prevalence

55.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 56.4%, Female = 53.9%)

24.2% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 25.8%, Female = 21.6%)

21.7% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 23.3%, Female = 19.2%)

6.8% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 7.7%, Female = 5.5%)

27.6% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

22.6% think boys and 13.8% think girls who smoke have more friends

12.5% think boys and 9.2% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

10.3% usually smoke at home

41.0% buy cigarettes in a store

58.4% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

40.7% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

55.0% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

85.2% think smoking should be banned from public places

77.4% think smoke from others is harmful to them

40.2% have one or more parents who smoke

20.5% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

37.3% want to stop smoking

56.5% tried to stop smoking during the past year

63.5% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

83.9% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

87.0% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

75.1% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

18.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

12.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

73.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

45.9% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

67.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately one quarter of the students currently use any form of tobacco; one fifth of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 7% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—4 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke and over half are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 4 in 10 students have a parent who smokes, and one fifth of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Over three quarters of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Approximately one third of current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; over 8 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards in the past 30 days.

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

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Page last modified 06/27/2007