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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Bhutan

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The Bhutan GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades VI, VII and VIII conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Bhutan. 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 93.3%, the student response rate was 95.5%, and the overall response rate was 89.1%. A total of 1,921 students participated in the Bhutan GYTS.

Prevalence

25.4% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 37.6%, Girls = 12.7%)

23.7% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 33.5%, Girls = 13.3%)

15.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 23.3%, Girls = 7.5%)

15.9% currently use other tobacco products (Boys = 22.0%, Girls = 9.0%)

10.6% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

41.9% think boys and 19.0% think girls who smoke have more friends

17.8% think boys and 13.5% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

16.0% usually smoke at home

39.9% buy cigarettes in a store

47.5% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

32.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

54.2% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

46.2% think smoking should be banned from public places

62.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them

19.1% have one or more parents who smoke

5.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

85.4% want to stop smoking

86.7% tried to stop smoking during the past year

87.6% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

83.0% saw anti-tobacco media messages, in the past 30 days

61.6% saw pro-tobacco ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

73.8% saw pro-tobacco ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

11.6% have an object with a tobacco product brand logo

12.9% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

58.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

41.8% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

56.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • More than 2 in 10 students currently use any form of tobacco; 15.6% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 15.9% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • Over 3 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke and more than half of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 19.1% of students have a parent who smokes, and almost 6% of the students have friends who smoke.
  • Over 6 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • More than three-quarters of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Almost 13% of students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 83% of students saw anti-tobacco media messages in the past 30 days; 73.8% of students saw pro-tobacco ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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Page last modified 06/27/2007