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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Mexico—Puebla

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Mexico—Puebla 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—Puebla 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 Puebla. 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 88%, the student response rate was 87%, and the overall response rate was 76.6%. A total of 1,767 students participated in the Mexico—Puebla GYTS.

Prevalence

59.1% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 61.9%, Female = 55.4%)

29.0% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 33.1%, Female = 23.2%)

27.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 31.0%, Female = 22.3%)

5.7% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 7.5%, Female = 2.9%)

31.0% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

24.9% think boys and 15.2% think girls who smoke have more friends

13.8% think boys and 10.2% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

8.5% usually smoke at home

46.3% buy cigarettes in a store

59.2% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

36.9% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

51.9% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

85.8% think smoking should be banned from public places

72.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them

43.1% have one or more parents who smoke

23.6% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

53.6% want to stop smoking

65.9% tried to stop smoking during the past year

69.4% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

84.6% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

85.4% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

70.8% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

23.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.8% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

73.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

46.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

62.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Three in 10 students currently use any form of tobacco; one quarter currently smoke cigarettes; 6% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—one third live in homes where others smoke and half of the students are exposed to smoke outside of the home; two fifths of the students have a parent who smokes, and 2 in 10 have friends who smoke.
  • Approximately three quarters of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Half of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • One in 10 students was 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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