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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Egypt—North Coast

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Egypt GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grade 2nd prep., 3rd prep., and 1st secondary conducted in 2004.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for each of the three regions in Egypt. 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 95.00%, the student response rate was 87.66%, and the overall response rate was 83.27%. A total of 1,484 students participated in the Egypt—North Coast GYTS.

Prevalence

15.5% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 19.5%, Female = 6.3%)

14.1% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 16.2%, Female = 8.4%)

5.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 7.3%, Female = 2.2%)

10.5% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 11.5%, Female = 6.9%)

19.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitude

28.1% think boys and 23.6% think girls who smoke have more friends

25.5% think boys and 23.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

18.1% usually smoke at home 46.2% buy cigarettes in a store

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

38.5% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

46.1% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

88.2% think smoking should be banned from public places

74.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

51.3% have one or more parents who smoke

9.1% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

74.3% want to stop smoking

65.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

85.4% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

67.4% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

62.7% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

53.8% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

14.3% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

51.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

41.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

42.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately 1 in 7 students currently use any form of tobacco; 5.6% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 10.5% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—over one third of the students live in homes where others smoke, and nearly half of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; half of the students have a parent who smokes, and 9.1% have friends who smoke.
  • Nearly 75% of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Nearly three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 1 in 10 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Over two-thirds of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; only 62.7% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

 

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