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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Samoa

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Samoa GYTS was a school-based survey of students in year 8-11 conducted in 2007.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Samoa. 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 53.2%, and the overall response rate was 53.2%. A total of 1.297 students participated in the Samoa GYTS.

Prevalence

26.4% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 29.9%, Female = 20.9%)

26.8% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 29.7%, Female = 21.3%)

16.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 18.8%, Female = 11.8%)

19.7% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 23.2%, Female = 15.3%)

29.0% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

35.4% think boys and 30.1% think girls who smoke have more friends

28.5% think boys and 24.1% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

19.7% usually smoke at home

35.1% buy cigarettes in a store

29.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

58.9% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

64.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

45.9% think smoking should be banned from public places

34.4% think smoke from others is harmful to them

49.4% have one or more parents who smoke

15.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

66.4% want to stop smoking

66.2% tried to stop smoking during the past year

100.0% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

80.9% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

69.8% 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

24.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

22.6% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

42.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

43.0% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

51.5% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Over one-quarter of students currently use any form of tobacco; 16.6% students currently smoke cigarettes; 19.1% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high –almost 6 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke, and almost two-thirds of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; half of the students have a parent who smokes, and over 1 in 6 students have friends who smoke.
  • Only one-third of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Two-thirds of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 5 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 7 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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