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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

British Virgin Islands

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The British Virgin Islands 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 the British Virgin Islands could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The British Virgin Islands GYTS was a school-based survey of students in 2nd form - 5th form, conducted in 2001.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of the British Virgin Islands. 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 75.0%, the student response rate was 85.6%, and the overall response rate was 64.2%. A total of 796 students participated in the British Virgin Islands GYTS.


Prevalence

22.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 28.6%, Female = 19.0%)

13.6% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 18.0%, Female = 10.1%)

3.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 4.9%, Female = 2.6%)

11.1% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 13.9%, Female = 8.3%)

8.5% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

28.7% think boys and 13.4% think girls who smoke have more friends

4.4% think boys and 4.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

41.2% usually smoke at home

12.2% buy cigarettes in a store

68.2% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

9.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

39.3% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

79.9% think smoking should be banned from public places

64.3% think smoke from others is harmful to them

12.0% have one or more parents who smoke

3.8% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

47.5% want to stop smoking

40.6% tried to stop smoking during the past year

60.3% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

83.9% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

48.6% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

54.7% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

11.3% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

8.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

46.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

37.0% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

44.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 14% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 4% currently smoke cigarettes; 11% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high - 1 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke in their presence; 4 in 10 are exposed to smoke in public places; 1 in 10 have parents who smoke.
  • Two-thirds of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 8 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • Half of smokers want to quit.
  • Over 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; half of 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