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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Lebanon

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Lebanon GYTS was a school-based survey of students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for each of the four regions in Lebanon. 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 98.0%, the student response rate was 99.2%, and the overall response rate was 97.2%. A total of 3,341 students participated in the Lebanon GYTS.

Prevalence

28.3% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 37.6%, Female = 20.0%)

60.9% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 66.8%, Female = 55.3%)

10.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 14.8%, Female = 6.7%)

59.5% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 64.5%, Female = 54.6%)

20.1% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitude

26.5% think boys and 17.7% think girls who smoke have more friends

16.8% think boys and 10.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

28.2% usually smoke at home

26.0% buy cigarettes in a store

86.0% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

78.9% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

74.9% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

84.6% think smoking should be banned from public places

77.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

68.3% have one or more parents who smoke

9.5% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

59.8% want to stop smoking

54.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year

86.7% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

77.4% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

88.4% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

79.2% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

19.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.6% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

51.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

39.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

47.5% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 61% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 10.5% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 59.5% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high –79% of the students live in homes where others smoke, and three-quarters of students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over two-thirds of students have a parent who smokes, and 9.5% have friends who smoke.
  • Approximately 77% of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Sixty percent of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 10 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over three-quarters of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 88.4% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

 

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Page last modified 06/27/2007