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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Fiji

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Fiji GYTS was a school-based survey of students in forms 2-4 conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Fiji. 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 100.0%, the student response rate was 80.9%, and the overall response rate was 80.9%. A total of 1,946 students participated in the Fiji GYTS.

Prevalence

22.3% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 30.5%, Female = 14.5%)

13.7% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 15.7%, Female = 11.7%)

6.9% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 9.8%, Female = 4.1%)

8.4% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 8.4%, Female = 8.3%)

19.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

57.2% think boys and 42.5% think girls who smoke have more friends

14.2% think boys and 13.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

15.7% usually smoke at home

21.5% buy cigarettes in a store

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

46.5% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

57.2% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

40.1% think smoking should be banned from public places

51.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them

45.5% have one or more parents who smoke

8.1% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

87.8% want to stop smoking

83.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

92.2% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

85.7% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

67.7% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

70.5% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

14.8% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

8.1% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

52.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

39.8% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

46.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 17% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 6.9% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 8.4% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—47% of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 57% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; nearly half of the students have a parent who smokes, and nearly 1 in 12 students have friends who smoke.
  • 4 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 88% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 8% of the students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 86% of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 68% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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