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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Indonesia—Surakarta

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The Indonesia—Surakarta 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 Indonesia—Surakarta could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Indonesia—Surakarta GYTS was a school-based survey of students in kelas 1-3 conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Surakarta. 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 96.2%, and the overall response rate was 96.2%. A total of 2,194 students participated in the Indonesia—Surakarta GYTS.

Prevalence

38.4% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 67.1%, Girls = 12.3%)

15.8% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 29.3%, Girls = 3.4%)

15.1% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 29.4%, Girls = 2.6%)

2.4% currently use tobacco other than cigarettes (Boys = 3.9%, Girls = 1.0%)

8.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year (Boys = 15.7%, Girls = 5.6%)

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

62.3% buy cigarettes in a store

77.9% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

63.4% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

79.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

89.7% think smoking should be banned from public places

48.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them

61.1% have one or more parents who smoke

13.0% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

78.2% want to stop smoking

90.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

95.6% have ever received help to stop smoking

3.7% always have or feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning

Media and Advertising

92.0% saw anti-smoking media messages

94.7% saw pro messages on billboards

8.8% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

12.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

51.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

43.0% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

46.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 17% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 16.4% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 4.8% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—87% of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 90% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over half of the students have a parent who smokes, and over 1 in 6 students have friends who smoke.
  • Nearly three-quarters of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Only 47% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 15% of the students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 58% of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 54% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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