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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Swaziland

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Swaziland GYTS was a school-based survey of students in forms 1, 2, and 3 conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for each of the four regions in Swaziland. 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 86.5%, and the overall response rate was 86.5%. A total of 18,010 students participated in the Swaziland GYTS.

Prevalence

19.7% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 28.2%, Female = 12.2%)

15.4% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 20.1%, Female = 11.2%)

9.0% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 13.6%, Female = 4.9%)

9.5% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 10.9%, Female = 8.1%)

Knowledge and Attitudes

59.9% think boys and 36.0% think girls who smoke have more friends

14.2% think boys and 11.4% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

23.0% usually smoke at home

39.5% buy cigarettes in a store

65.6% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

27.1% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

54.1% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

31.4% think smoking should be banned from public places

71.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them

16.5% have one or more parents who smoke

5.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

76.2% want to stop smoking

74.2% tried to stop smoking during the past year

88.0% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

79.5% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

65.6% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

59.5% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

11.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

13.3% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

54.7% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

35.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

47.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 6 students currently use any form of tobacco; 9% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 9.5% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—nearly 3 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke, and over half of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 1 in 6 students have a parent who smokes, and 6% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • 7 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Over three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 7 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 8 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.

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

 

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Page last modified 06/27/2007