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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Jordan

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Jordan GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Grades 8-10 conducted in 2007.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Jordan. 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 91.6%, and the overall response rate was 91.6%. A total of 2,250 students participated in the Jordan GYTS.

Prevalence

32.0% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 39.1%, Female = 23.1%)

21.8% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 26.6%, Female = 14.8%)

13.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 17.2%, Female = 8.3%)

12.3% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 15.1%, Female = 8.5%)

21.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

39.5% think boys and 33.6% think girls who smoke have more friends

34.5% think boys and 29.1% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

20.4% usually smoke at home

43.6% buy cigarettes in a store

76.4% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

65.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

62.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

80.7% think smoking should be banned from public places

64.6% think smoke from others is harmful to them

51.1% have one or more parents who smoke

17.4% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

58.4% want to stop smoking

59.2% tried to stop smoking during the past year

80.7% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

64.1% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

73.1% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

63.8% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

21.0% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

17.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

40.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

39.0% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

37.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 5 of students currently use any form of tobacco; 13.6% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 12.3% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—nearly two-thirds of the students live in homes where others smoke, and over 60% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over half of the students have a parent who smokes and 17.4% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Nearly 65% of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Only 58% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Nearly 1 in 5 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Nearly two-thirds of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 64% of 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