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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

East Timor

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The East Timor 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 could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The East Timor GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Grades 1-3, conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of East Timor. 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 96.0%, the student response rate was 84.5%, and the overall response rate was 81.1%. A total of 1,790 students participated in the East Timor GYTS.

Prevalence

48.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 66.3%, Female = 28.3%)

47.8% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 62.7%, Female = 31.1%)

40.3% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 59.0%, Female = 19.3%)

28.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 34.3%, Female = 20.8%)

48.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

49.4% think boys and 24.3% think girls who smoke have more friends

38.6% think boys and 19.5% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

31.6% usually smoke at home

24.9% buy cigarettes in a store

40.0% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

65.1% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

70.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

44.9% think smoking should be banned from public places

30.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them

67.4% have one or more parents who smoke

43.8% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

74.2% want to stop smoking

70.6% tried to stop smoking during the past year

88.2% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

70.6% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

66.0% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

67.0% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

36.7% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

25.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

34.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

37.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

46.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Two out of five students currently use any form of tobacco; 4 in 10 students currently smoke cigarettes; Approximately 3 in 10 currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high – Two thirds of the students live in homes where others smoke; while 7 in 10 students are exposed to smoke in public places; two thirds of the students have parents who smoke.
  • Approximately one third of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Less than half the students think smoking in public places should be banned.
  • Three quarters of the smokers want to quit smoking.
  • 7 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; two thirds of the students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

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

 

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