Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project
The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) project was developed by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track tobacco use among youth in countries across the world, using a common methodology and core questionnaire. The GYTS is school based and employs...
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| author | Charles W. Warren Leanne Riley Samira Asma Michael P. Eriksen Lawrence Green Curtis Blanton Cliff Loo Scott Batchelor Derek Yach |
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| description | The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) project was developed by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track tobacco use among youth in countries across the world, using a common methodology and core questionnaire. The GYTS is school based and employs a two-stage sample design to produce representative data on smoking among students aged 13-15 years. The first stage consists of a probabilistic selection of schools, and the second consists of a random selection of classes from the participating schools. All students in the selected classes are eligible for the survey. In 1999, the GYTS was conducted in 13 countries and is currently in progress in over 30 countries. This report describes data from 12 countries: Barbados, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, Jordan, Poland, the Russian Federation (Moscow), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine (Kiev), Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The findings show that tobacco use in the surveyed age group ranged from a high of 33% to a low of 10%. While the majority of current smokers wanted to stop smoking, very few were able to attend a cessation programme. In most countries the majority of young people reported seeing advertisements for cigarettes in media outlets, but anti-tobacco advertising was rare. The majority of young people reported being taught in school about the dangers of smoking. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure was very high in all countries. These results show that the GYTS surveillance system is enhancing the capacity of countries to design, implement, and evaluate tobacco prevention and control programmes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fdc04683bb2945cba7f70f1b0b05aab22024-03-03T02:21:16ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-96862000-07-01787868876S0042-96862000000700003Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey projectCharles W. Warren0Leanne Riley1Samira Asma2Michael P. Eriksen3Lawrence Green4Curtis Blanton5Cliff Loo6Scott Batchelor7Derek Yach8Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWorld Health OrganizationSmoking and HealthOffice on Smoking and HealthOffice on Smoking and HealthOffice on Smoking and HealthOffice on Smoking and HealthOffice on Smoking and HealthWorld Health OrganizationThe Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) project was developed by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track tobacco use among youth in countries across the world, using a common methodology and core questionnaire. The GYTS is school based and employs a two-stage sample design to produce representative data on smoking among students aged 13-15 years. The first stage consists of a probabilistic selection of schools, and the second consists of a random selection of classes from the participating schools. All students in the selected classes are eligible for the survey. In 1999, the GYTS was conducted in 13 countries and is currently in progress in over 30 countries. This report describes data from 12 countries: Barbados, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, Jordan, Poland, the Russian Federation (Moscow), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine (Kiev), Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The findings show that tobacco use in the surveyed age group ranged from a high of 33% to a low of 10%. While the majority of current smokers wanted to stop smoking, very few were able to attend a cessation programme. In most countries the majority of young people reported seeing advertisements for cigarettes in media outlets, but anti-tobacco advertising was rare. The majority of young people reported being taught in school about the dangers of smoking. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure was very high in all countries. These results show that the GYTS surveillance system is enhancing the capacity of countries to design, implement, and evaluate tobacco prevention and control programmes.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000700003&lng=en&tlng=entobaccosmokingepidemiologytobacco use disorderepidemiologysmoking cessationadolescenceschoolsdata collectionmethodscluster analysisquestionnaires |
| spellingShingle | Charles W. Warren Leanne Riley Samira Asma Michael P. Eriksen Lawrence Green Curtis Blanton Cliff Loo Scott Batchelor Derek Yach Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project Bulletin of the World Health Organization tobacco smoking epidemiology tobacco use disorder epidemiology smoking cessation adolescence schools data collection methods cluster analysis questionnaires |
| title | Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project |
| title_full | Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project |
| title_fullStr | Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project |
| title_short | Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project |
| title_sort | tobacco use by youth a surveillance report from the global youth tobacco survey project |
| topic | tobacco smoking epidemiology tobacco use disorder epidemiology smoking cessation adolescence schools data collection methods cluster analysis questionnaires |
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