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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Papua New Guinea

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Papua New Guinea GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 6-9 conducted in 2007.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Papua New Guinea. 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 81.4%, and the overall response rate was 81.4%. A total of 1,867 students participated in the Papua New Guinea GYTS.

Prevalence

61.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 69.0%, Female = 52.8%)

53.7% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 59.7%, Female = 46.1%)

49.0% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 55.8%, Female = 40.7%)

19.8% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 24.5%, Female = 14.1%)

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

Knowledge and Attitudes

64.2% think boys and 43.7% think girls who smoke have more friends

13.0% think boys and 9.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

17.8% usually smoke at home

56.6% buy cigarettes in a store

61.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

76.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

87.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

54.7% think smoking should be banned from public places

52.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them

38.1% have one or more parents who smoke

22.8% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

82.2% want to stop smoking

84.1% tried to stop smoking during the past year

93.2% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

90.4% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

85.2% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

82.8% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

21.1% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.3% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

73.5% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

58.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

71.5% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Over half of students currently use any form of tobacco; nearly half students currently smoke cigarettes; 2 in 10 currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—over three-quarters of students live in homes where others smoke, and nearly 9 in 10 students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over one-third of the students have a parent who smokes and nearly one-quarter of students have friends who smoke.
  • One-half of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Approximately 82% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Approximately 1 in 8 of students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 9 in 10 of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 85% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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