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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Mexico—Tapachula

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Mexico—Tapachula 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—Tapachula 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 Tapachula. 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 84.8%, and the overall response rate was 84.8%. A total of 2,092 students participated in the Mexico—Tapachula GYTS.

Prevalence

40.0% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 42.9%, Female = 32.8%)

19.7% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 22.3%, Female = 14.1%)

16.3% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 17.5%, Female = 12.4%)

6.9% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 9.2%, Female = 3.5%)

20.3% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

23.4% think boys and 17.1% think girls who smoke have more friends

16.7% think boys and 14.2% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

13.6% usually smoke at home

48.6% buy cigarettes in a store

62.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

26.7% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

41.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

90.6% think smoking should be banned from public places

72.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them

23.1% have one or more parents who smoke

12.5% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

48.4% want to stop smoking

69.8% tried to stop smoking during the past year

81.5% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

81.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

83.1% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

73.7% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

15.8% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

14.9% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

78.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

48.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

67.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 5 students currently use any form of tobacco; 16% currently smoke cigarettes; 7% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—one quarter live in homes where others smoke and 2 in 5 students are exposed to smoke outside of the home; one in 5 students have a parent who smokes, and 13% have friends who smoke.
  • Approximately 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