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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

India

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

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

The India GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 8-10 conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for India. 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 99.4%, the student response rate was 82.3%, and the overall response rate was 81.8%. A total of 12,086 students participated in the India GYTS.

Prevalence

12.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 14.7%, Girls = 8.9%)

14.0% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 17.2%, Girls = 9.5%)

4.1% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 5.9%, Girls = 1.8%)

11.8% currently use other tobacco products (Boys = 14.3%, Girls = 8.4%)

15.1% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

32.2% think boys and 16.8% think girls who smoke have more friends

30.0% think boys and 19.9% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

9.6% usually smoke at home

51.3% buy cigarettes in a store

72.5% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

26.5% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

40.2% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

74.0% think smoking should be banned from public places

68.0% think smoke from others is harmful to them

35.0% have one or more parents who smoke

6.1% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

70.6% want to stop smoking

55.5% tried to stop smoking during the past year

82.0% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

74.0% saw anti-tobacco media messages, in the past 30 days

71.6% saw pro-tobacco ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

11.1% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

54.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

37.2% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

51.3% 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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