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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Republic of the Congo

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Congo GYTS was a school-based survey of students in CM2, 6ème, 5ème, 4ème, and 3ème grade conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Congo. 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 57%, and the overall response rate was 57%. A total of 3,109 students participated in the Congo GYTS.

Prevalence

22.9% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 27.8%, Female = 17.6%)

24.3% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 27.5%, Female = 21.1%)

11.3% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 14.1%, Female = 8.6%)

17.9% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 19.0%, Female = 16.7%)

15.5% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

38.6% think boys and 33.3% think girls who smoke have more friends

34.6% think boys and 34.7% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

28.6% usually smoke at home

34.0% buy cigarettes in a store

51.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

25.7% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

43.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

67.4% think smoking should be banned from public places

38.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them

18.7% have one or more parents who smoke

6.7% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

76.3% want to stop smoking

82.2% tried to stop smoking during the past year

99.4% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

64.8% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

55.3% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

49.7% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

22.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

15.0% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

46.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

28.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

38.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Nearly 1 in 4 students currently use any form of tobacco; 11.3% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 17.9% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—one quarter of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 44% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 19% of the students have a parent who smokes, and 7% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Almost 4 in 10 of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Nearly two-thirds of the students think smoking should be banned from public places.
  • Over 1 in 6 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 65% of the students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 55% students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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