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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Vanuatu

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Vanuatu GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 7-9 conducted in 2007.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Vanuatu. 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 95.8%, the student response rate was 74.8%, and the overall response rate was 71.7%. A total of 1,900 students participated in the Vanuatu GYTS.

Prevalence

28.0% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 27.0%, Female = 29.9%)

26.3% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 26.4%, Female = 25.3%)

18.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 18.1%, Female = 19.8%)

14.3% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 14.8%, Female = 12.0%)

62.3% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

49.5% think boys and 53.9% think girls who smoke have more friends

20.8% think boys and 6.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

21.3% usually smoke at home

30.9% buy cigarettes in a store

59.2% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

74.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

62.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

85.3% think smoking should be banned from public places

9.0% think smoke from others is harmful to them

41.0% have one or more parents who smoke

16.6% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

74.4% want to stop smoking

78.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

98.8% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

54.6% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

70.3% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

52.5% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

29.5% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

65.1% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

39.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

46.7% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

53.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Over one-quarter of students currently use any form of tobacco; 18.5% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; over 1 in 6 currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high – three-quarters of students live in homes where others smoke, and over 6 in 10 students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over 4 in 10 students have a parent who smokes and 17% of students have friends who smoke.
  • Only 9% of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Nearly two-thirds of students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over half of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 7 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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