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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Indonesia—Sumatra

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The Indonesia - Sumatra 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 Sumatra could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Indonesia - Sumatra GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Kelas 1-3 conducted in 2006.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Sumatra. 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 94.8%, and the overall response rate was 94.8%. A total of 2,352 students participated in the Indonesia - Sumatra GYTS.

Prevalence

33.1% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 59.4%, Girls = 11.6%)

13.7% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 24.0%, Girls = 5.0%)

10.9% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 22.9%, Girls = 1.7%)

3.9% currently use tobacco other than cigarettes (Boys = 4.3%, Girls = 3.4%)

90.2% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year (Boys = 92.9%, Girls = 89.6%)

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

68.7% buy cigarettes in a store

72.9% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

65.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

81.0% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

90.8% think smoking should be banned from public places

63.4% think smoke from others is harmful to them

67.4% have one or more parents who smoke

13.9% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

81.5% want to stop smoking

93.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year

91.5% have ever received help to stop smoking

2.7% always have or feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning

Media and Advertising

90.9% saw anti-smoking media messages

93.4% saw pro messages on billboards

9.3% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.0% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

70.4% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

48.9% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

61.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 13.7% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 10.9% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 3.9% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—66% of the students live in homes where others smoke, and 81% of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; over two-thirds of the students have a parent who smokes, and approximately 1 in 7 students have friends who smoke.
  • Nearly two-thirds of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Over 80% of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • More than 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 91% of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 93.4% of students saw pro-cigarette billboards in the past 30 days.

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tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov

 

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