Primary Navigation for the CDC Website
CDC en Español

Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Gaza

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Gaza Strip 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 Gaza Strip could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Gaza Strip GYTS was a school-based survey of students in seventh through tenth grade conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for the West Bank and Gaza Strip regions of Gaza Strip. 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 95.1%, and the overall response rate was 95.1%. A total of 4,291 students participated in the Gaza Strip GYTS.

Prevalence

32.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 45.7%, Female = 19.3%)

24.6% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 31.4%, Female = 17.0%)

14.6% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 21.9%, Female = 7.0%)

15.9% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 17.8%, Female = 13.4%)

Knowledge and Attitude

37.0% think boys and 23.9% think girls who smoke have more friends

22.6% think boys and 18.4% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

20.1% usually smoke at home

31.5% buy cigarettes in a store

80.7% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

57.1% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

54.0% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

78.1% think smoking should be banned from public places

48.5% think smoke from others is harmful to them

48.7% have one or more parents who smoke

11.4% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers

64.0% want to stop smoking

57.5% tried to stop smoking during the past year

80.8% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

62.5% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

73.0% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days

64.0% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days

19.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

12.1% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

62.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

52.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

58.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • Approximately one-quarter of students currently use any form of tobacco; 15% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 16% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—57% of the students live in homes where others smoke, and over half of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; almost half of the students have a parent who smokes, and 1 in 9 students have friends who smoke.
  • Only 49% of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Sixty-four percent of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • 1 in 8 students was offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • Sixty-three percent of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days, and 73% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.

 

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

Return to Top

 

Page last reviewed 06/27/2007
Page last modified 06/27/2007