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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Libya

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 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 Libya could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 7, 8, 9, conducted in 2003.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Libya.  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 98.0%, the student response rate was 99.0%, and the overall response rate was 97.0%.  A total of 1850 students participated in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya GYTS.


Prevalence

14.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 22.0%, Girls = 6.7%)
14.6% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 18.7%, Girls = 9.4%)
5.9% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 9.4%, Girls = 1.7%)
10.6% currently use other tobacco products (Boys= 12.5%, Girls = 8.1%)
19.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

27.6% think boys and 19.2% think girls who smoke have more friends
19.8% think boys and 14.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

23.9% usually smoke at home
27.5% buy cigarettes in a store
* who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

40.3% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
38.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
75.5% think smoking should be banned from public places
65.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them
32.1% have one or more parents who smoke
5.7% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

80.0% want to stop smoking
85.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year
91.7% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

71.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
57.4% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
53.2% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
12.2% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
10.9% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

52.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking
38.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke
46.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

* Sampling contained less than 35 responses

Highlights

  • 15% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 6% currently smoke cigarettes; 11% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high–Over 4 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke in their presence; Almost 4  in 10 are exposed to smoke in public places; Over 3 in 10 have parents who smoke.
  • Almost 7 in 10 of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Almost 8 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • 8 in 10 smokers want to quit.
  • Over 7 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; Almost 6 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards in the past 30 days; Over 5 in 10 saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines in the past 30 days.

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

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Page last modified 02/28/2007