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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Greece

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Greece 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 Greece could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Greece GYTS was a school-based survey of students in ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for each of the four regions in Greece. 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 90%, the student response rate was 88.7%, and the overall response rate was 79.8%. A total of 6,378 students participated in the Greece GYTS.

Prevalence

35.7% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 38.4%, Girls = 31.4%)

20.1% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 20.6%, Girls = 17.5%)

13.9% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 14.6%, Girls = 11.9%)

5.6% currently daily cigarette smokers (Boys = 5.8%, Girls = 4.6%)

6.8% currently smoke cigars (Boys = 8.1%, Girls = 4.0%)

24.5% ever smokers initiated smoking before age ten (Boys = 27.5%, Girls = 21.4%)

19.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year (Boys = 19.7%, Girls = 19.3%)

Knowledge and Attitude

24.8% think boys and 19.0% think girls who smoke have more friends

25.6% think boys and 16.2% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

53.5% buy cigarettes in a store

95.6% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

89.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

93.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

83.6% think smoking should be banned from public places

65.3% think smoke from others is harmful to them

67.3% have one or more parents who smoke

12.4% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

44.2% want to stop smoking

56.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year

72.4% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

66.8% saw anti-smoking media messages vs.80.1% saw pro media messages on TV

59.7% saw anti messages vs. 70.7% saw pro messages on billboards

57.9% saw anti smoking ads vs. 76.0% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines

22.2% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

20.1% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

59.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

49.2% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

56.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 5 students currently use any form of tobacco; 14% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 20% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking in the next year.
  • ETS exposure is extremely high—90% of the students live in homes where others smoke and 94% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over two-thirds of students have a parent who smokes and 12% have friends who smoke.
  • Sixty-five percent of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Forty-four percent of the current smokers want to stop smoking. • Nearly 1 in 5 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Nearly 67% of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; approximately 80% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

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