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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Armenia

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Armenia 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 Armenia could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program. The Armenia GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 7-9 conducted in 2004.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Armenia. 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 84.7%, and the overall response rate was 84.7%.  A total of 1,451 students participated in the Armenia GYTS.


Prevalence

24.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 41.6%, Girls = 11.2%)
8.1% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 14.2%, Girls = 3.1%)
5.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 11.1%, Girls = 1.2%)
1.6% currently daily cigarette smokers (Boys = 3.5%, Girls = 0.0%)
5.0% currently smoke cigars (Boys = 9.8%, Girls = 1.0%)
46.4% ever smokers initiated smoking before age ten (Boys = 45.2%, Girls = 50.3%)
98.0% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year (Boys = 97.7%, Girls = 98.2%)

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

27.0% usually smoke in public places
74.8% buy cigarettes in a store
79.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

90.4% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
85.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
89.4% think smoking should be banned from public places
64.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them
68.0% have one or more parents who smoke
7.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

78.9% want to stop smoking
76.8% tried to stop smoking during the past year
75.9% have ever received help to stop smoking
12.5% always have or feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning

Media and Advertising

73.0% saw anti-smoking media messages vs.65.4% saw pro media messages on TV
64.7% saw anti messages vs. 63.4% saw pro messages on billboards
38.4% saw anti smoking ads vs. 57.2% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines
16.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
4.7% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

31.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking
37.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke
52.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 out of 10 students currently use any form of tobacco; 6% currently smoke cigarettes; 5% currently smoke cigars; over 9 in 10 never smokers likely to initiate smoking next year.
  • ETS exposure is very high –9 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke in their presence; over 8 in 10 are exposed to smoke in public places; almost 7 in 10 students have parents who smoke.
  • Two thirds of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 9 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • Almost 8 in 10 current smokers want to quit; One in 10 feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning.
  • Over 7 in 10 students saw anti-smoking messages on TV vs. 6 in 10 saw pro messages; 6 in 10 saw anti messages on billboards vs. almost 6 in 10 saw pro messages; one third saw anti ads in newspapers vs. over 5 in 10 saw pro ads.

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

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