Prevalence
15.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes
Boys = 21.8%, Girls = 9.2%
31.2% of ever smokers initiated smoking before age 10
Boys = 27.6%, girls = 40.2%
13.4% currently use any tobacco product
Boys = 17.3%, Girls = 9.7%
5.7% currently smoke cigarettes
Boys = 8.8%, Girls = 3.0%
9.5% currently use other tobacco products
Boys = 11.6%, Girls = 7.3%
10.9% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
16.2% of current smokers feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning
For additional information, please contact:
Pascal Awono [email protected]
Cameroon-Centre District (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
The Cameroon-Centre District 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, exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.
These determinants are components Cameroon- Centre District could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.
The Cameroon-Centre District GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Forms 1, 2, 3, and 4 conducted in 2008. A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Cameroon-Centre District.
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 100.0%, the class response rate was 100.0%, the student response rate was 89.1% and the overall response rate was 89.1%.
A total of 2,724 13-15 year old students participated in the Cameroon-Centre District GYTS.
Prevalence
15.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 21.8%, Girls = 9.2%)
31.2% of ever smokers initiated smoking before age 10 (Boys = 27.6%, girls = 40.2%)
13.4% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 17.3%, Girls = 9.7%)
5.7% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 8.8%, Girls = 3.0%)
9.5% currently use other tobacco products (Boys = 11.6%, Girls = 7.3%)
10.9% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
16.2% of current smokers feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning
Knowledge and Attitudes
19.4% think boys and 12.1% think girls who smoke have more friends
12.5% think boys and 12.9% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability Current Smokers
27.0% usually smoke at home
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS)
23.1% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
45.0% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
87.6% think smoking should be banned from public places
75.7% think smoke from others is harmful to them
14.0% have one or more parents who smoke
3.7% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation - Current Smokers
81.8% want to stop smoking
77.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year
72.2% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
79.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
65.9% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
54.4% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
13.5% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
6.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School
52.4% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking
25.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke
31.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use
Highlights
• 13.4% of students currently use
any form of tobacco; 5.7% of
students currently smoke
cigarettes and nearly 1 in 10
currently use tobacco products
other than cigarettes.
• SHS exposure is moderate –
almost one-quarter of students
live in homes where others
smoke; almost half of students are
exposed to smoke of others
outside their home; more than 1
in 10 students have at least one
parent who smokes.
• About 9 in 10
students think
smoking should be banned in
public places.
• Nearly 4 in 5 students saw anti-
smoking media messages in the
past 30 days; almost two-thirds of
students saw pro-cigarette ads on
billboards and more than half of
students saw pro-cigarette ads in
newspapers or magazines in the
past 30 days.
For additional information, please contact: Pascal Awono [email protected]
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