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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Morocco

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Morocco GYTS was a school-based survey of students in first, second, and third grade conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Morocco. 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%, the student response rate was 93.5%, and the overall response rate was 91.6%. A total of 3,186 students participated in the Morocco GYTS.

Prevalence

14.5% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 20.9%, Female = 5.7%)

15.5% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 19.2%, Female = 9.4%)

6.4% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 9.1%, Female = 2.2%)

12.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 14.2%, Female = 8.3%)

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

7.8% usually smoke at home

36.3% buy cigarettes in a store

78.1% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

30.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

44.4% are around others who smoke in places outside their home 81.0% think smoking should be banned from public places

64.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them

28.3% have one or more parents who smoke

5.6% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

74.8% want to stop smoking

69.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year

90.6% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

72.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

60.2% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

57.3% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

11.3% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

8.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

48.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

38.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

38.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 7 students currently use any form of tobacco; 6.4% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 12 % currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—nearly one third of the students live in homes where others smoke, and almost half of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 2.3% of the students have a parent who smokes, and 5.6% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Nearly two-thirds of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 8% of students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over 7 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 6 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

 

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Page last reviewed 06/27/2007
Page last modified 06/27/2007