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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Brazil—Sao Luis

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Brazil GYTS was a school-based survey of students in 7ª grade, 8ª grade, and 1ª grade conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for several cities in Brazil. 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 89.4%, and the overall response rate was 89.4%. A total of 1,835 students participated in the Brazil—Sao Luis GYTS.

Prevalence

36.1% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 38.0%, Female = 33.1%)

18.3% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 19.8%, Female = 15.9%)

14.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 15.9%, Female = 12.3%)

4.9% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 5.5%, Female = 3.9%)

18.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

22.0% think boys and 15.0% think girls who smoke have more friends

6.9% think boys and 5.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

18.6% usually smoke at home

29.2% buy cigarettes in a store

89.0% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

27.1% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

44.6% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

86.7% think smoking should be banned from public places

76.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

27.3% have one or more parents who smoke

13.6% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

73.0% want to stop smoking

73.8% tried to stop smoking during the past year

68.3% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

83.8% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

68.4% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

49.3% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

4.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

8.9% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

52.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

33.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

46.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 18% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 14.5% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 4.9% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—over one-quarter of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 45% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 27% of the students have a parent who smokes, and 14% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Over three-quarters of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Nearly three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Approximately 9% of students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; nearly 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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Page last modified 06/27/2007