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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Venezuela—Tachira State

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Venezuela–Tachira State 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 Venezuela could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Venezuela–Tachira State GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 6-9, conducted in 2001.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Tachira State.  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 80%, the student response rate was 84.3%, and the overall response rate was 67.4%.  A total of 1503 students participated in the Venezuela–Tachira State GYTS.


Prevalence

22.7% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 23.8%, Girls = 21.2%)

13.0% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 14.1%, Girls = 11.5%)

 7.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 7.8%, Girls = 6.5%)

 6.8% currently use other tobacco products (Boys = 8.5%, Girls = 5.8%)

14.1% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

13.5% think boys and 10.6% think girls who smoke have more friends

 5.4% think boys and 5.1% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

21.6% usually smoke at home

36.8% buy cigarettes in a store

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

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

39.6% live in homes where others smoke

47.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

90.9% think smoking should be banned from public places

71.6% think smoke from others is harmful to them

38.3% have one or more parents who smoke

 9.7% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

53.1% want to stop smoking

58.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year

70.1% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

82.8% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

83.4% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

77.1% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

13.2% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

 11.8% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

43.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

33.9% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

52.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

  * cell size less than 35

Highlights

  • 13% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 7.6% currently smoke cigarettes; 6.8% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high–Over 1 in 3 students live in homes where others smoke in their presence; Almost half are exposed to smoke in public places; Over 1 in 3 have parents who smoke.
  • 7 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • 9 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • 1 in 2 smokers want to quit.
  • 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 8 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