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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Eritrea

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Eritrea GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Primary 5/Middle 6-8/Secondary 1 grades conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for each of the six regions in Eritrea. 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 87.8%, and the overall response rate was 87.8%. A total of 9,639 students participated in the Eritrea GYTS.

Prevalence

4.4% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 5.9%, Female = 1.8%)

8.2% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 9.7%, Female = 5.7%)

2.0% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 2.6%, Female = 0.7%)

7.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 8.0%, Female = 5.2%)

15.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

35.8% think boys and 28.2% think girls who smoke have more friends

16.7% think boys and 11.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

11.7% usually smoke at home

49.9% buy cigarettes in a store

69.9% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

18.7% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

32.9% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

54.8% think smoking should be banned from public places

47.8% think smoke from others is harmful to them

8.8% have one or more parents who smoke

4.8% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

86.1% want to stop smoking

83.5% tried to stop smoking during the past year

89.3% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

67.5% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

44.6% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

49.1% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

20.0% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

12.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

38.4% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

25.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

38.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 8% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 2% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 7% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • Nearly 1 in 5 students live in homes where others smoke, and nearly one third of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; almost 9% of the students have a parent who smokes and 5% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Not even half of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Over 86% of current smokers want to stop smoking, and 89% have ever received help to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over two thirds of the students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; almost half of the students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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