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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Antigua—Barbuda

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Antigua—Barbuda 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 some of the components Antigua-Barbuda could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Antigua—Barbuda GYTS was a school-based survey of students in forms 1-4, conducted in 2000.

A two-stagecluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Antigua—Barbuda. 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 91.7%, and the overall response rate was 91.7%. A total of 1795 students participated in the Antigua—Barbuda GYTS.


Prevalence

23.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 29.2%, Female = 18.2%)

13.5% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 15.5%, Female =11.3%)

5.2% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 5.9%, Female = 4.2%)

10.1% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 12.1%, Female = 8.3%)

8.6% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

27.2% think boys and 15.9% think girls who smoke have more friends

6.9% think boys and 6.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

32.7% usually smoke at home

13.5% buy cigarettes in a store

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

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

18.6% live in homes where others smoke

45.9% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

73.2% think smoking should be banned from public places

64.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

19.7% have one or more parents who smoke

5.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

* % want to stop smoking

* % tried to stop smoking during the past year

54.9% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

76.3% saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days

73.5% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards in the past 30 days

57.2% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines in the past 30 days

15.0% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.5% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

42.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

30.5% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

52.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

* sample size <35 participants

Highlights

  • 14% of students currently use some form of tobacco; 5% currently smoke cigarettes; 10% use other forms of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high - almost 1 in 5 students live in homes where others smoke; almost half are exposed to smoke in public places; 1 in 5 have parents who smoke.
  • 6 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 7 in 10 students think smoking should be banned in public places.
  • Almost 8 in 10 smokers want to stop.
  • 7 in 10 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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Page last modified 04/04/2008