Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Prevalence

36.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 35.5%, Female = 36.5%)

18.2% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 19.0%, Female = 17.4%)

14.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 14.4%, Female = 14.8%)

6.4% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 8.9%, Female = 4.1%)

18.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
 

Knowledge and Attitude

16.0% think boys and 9.8% think girls who smoke have more friends

6.1% think boys and 5.0% think girls who smoke look more attractive
 

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

24.4% usually smoke at home

40.5% buy cigarettes in a store
 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

37.3% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

52.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

84.4% think smoking should be banned from public places

72.0% think smoke from others is harmful to them

41.6% have one or more parents who smoke

11.3% have most or all friends who smoke
 

Cessation—Current Smokers

55.1% want to stop smoking

66.0% tried to stop smoking during the past year

68.6% have ever received help to stop smoking
 

Media and Advertising

89.5% saw antismoking media messages, in the past 30 days

63.5% saw pro–cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

45.1% saw pro–cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

8.8% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

9.8% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
 

School

60.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

37.4% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

54.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

• Over 18% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 14.5% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 6.4% currently use some other form of tobacco.

• ETS exposure is high—over one third of the students live in homes where others smoke and over half are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over 4 in 10 of the students have a parent who smokes and over 11% of students have friends who smoke.

• Nearly three-quarters of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.

• Approximately 55% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.

• Nearly 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.

• Nearly 9 in 10 students saw antismoking media messages in the past 30 days; nearly two-thirds of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.