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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Mexico—Mexico City

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Mexico—Mexico City 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 Mexico could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Mexico—Mexico City GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Primero en secundaria, Segundo de secundaria, and Tercero de secundaria conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Mexico City. 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 96%, the student response rate was 84.5%, and the overall response rate was 81.2%. A total of 1,826 students participated in the Mexico—Mexico City GYTS.

Prevalence

60.9% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 62.4%, Female = 58.3%)

29.4% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 29.0%, Female = 28.5%)

27.8% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 27.3%, Female = 27.0%)

5.3% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 5.6%, Female = 4.7%)

29.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

21.6% think boys and 14.0% think girls who smoke have more friends

11.3% think boys and 8.8% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

10.4% usually smoke at home

50.8% buy cigarettes in a store

56.6% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

46.9% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

59.4% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

86.2% think smoking should be banned from public places

74.5% think smoke from others is harmful to them

49.9% have one or more parents who smoke

23.3% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

45.2% want to stop smoking

55.5% tried to stop smoking during the past year

71.6% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

85.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

86.0% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

72.9% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

21.4% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

12.0% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

66.7% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

37.9% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

60.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Three in 10 students currently use any form of tobacco; Over a quarter of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 5% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—4 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke and 6 in 10 students are exposed to smoke outside of the home; half of the students have a parent who smokes, and almost a quarter of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Almost three quarters of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Almost half of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • One in 10 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; over 8 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards in the past 30 days.

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

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Page last modified 06/27/2007