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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office on Smoking and Health
Tel: 1-800-CDC-INFO
(1-800-232-4636)
TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
Sample Questionnaires
Core Questionnaire
GYTS comprises "core"
country-approved questions designed to gather data on the following seven topics:
Prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use
- How many young people have experimented with smoking cigarettes
or use other forms of tobacco products
- The age at which young people begin cigarette smoking
- What brand of cigarettes young people smoke
- Where young people usually smoke
Knowledge and attitudes towards cigarette smoking
- The strength of intention to remain nonsmokers among young people
who never smoked (index of susceptibility)
- What young people perceive to be the social benefits and the health
risks of smoking cigarettes
- The extent of peer pressure on young people to begin cigarette smoking
Role of the media and advertising on the use of cigarettes
- How receptive young people are to cigarette advertising and other
activities that promote cigarette use
- Awareness and exposure of young people to antismoking messages
Access to cigarettes
- Where young people usually get their cigarettes
- Whether sellers refuse to sell young people cigarettes because of
their age
- How much money young people spend on cigarettes
Tobacco-related school curriculum
- What young people were taught in school about tobacco
- Young people’s perceptions of their school’s programs to prevent
cigarette use
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
- The extent of young people’s exposure to smoking at home and in
other places
- Young people’s perceptions about the harmful effects of
ETS
Cessation of cigarette smoking
- The short- and long-term likelihood that young cigarette smokers
will quit
Page last reviewed 02/28/2007
Page last modified 02/28/2007