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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Tuvalu

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Tuvalu GYTS was a school-based survey of students in forms 1-5 conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Tuvalu. 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%, the student response rate was 91.1%, and the overall response rate was 91.1%. A total of 542 students participated in the Tuvalu GYTS.

Prevalence

41.4% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 49.0%, Female = 33.5%)

37.8% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 43.9%, Female = 33.5%)

29.7% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 36.4%, Female = 23.9%)

28.4% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 35.3%, Female = 24.0%)

15.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

66.8% think boys and 51.2% think girls who smoke have more friends

4.2% think boys and 4.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

21.2% usually smoke at home

26.8% buy cigarettes in a store

12.9% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

74.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

72.9% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

87.3% think smoking should be banned from public places

71.8% think smoke from others is harmful to them

64.9% have one or more parents who smoke

10.5% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

99.1% want to stop smoking

88.1% tried to stop smoking during the past year

93.5% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

87.2% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

78.2% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

73.0% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

27.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

14.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

65.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

41.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

58.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Over one-third of students currently use any form of tobacco; 3 in 10 students currently smoke cigarettes; 28% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—nearly three-quarters of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 73% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; almost two-thirds of the students have a parent who smokes, and over 1 in 10 students have friends who smoke.
  • 7 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 99% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Nearly 1 in 7 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Nearly 9 out of 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; almost 8 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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