Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Malawi (Ages 13-15)
The Malawi GYTS was a school-based survey of students
in standards 7, 8, and form 1 conducted in 2005.
A total of
2,957 students aged 13-15 participated in the Malawi GYTS.
For additional information,contact Esther Chaswa
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Prevalence
2.9% currently smoke cigarettes
(Boy = 3.8%, Girl = 2.2%)
17.1% currently use other tobacco products
(Boy = 17.1%, Girl = 17.1%)
Prevalence
7.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boy = 10.2%, Girl = 5.6%)
18.4% currently use any tobacco product (Boy = 19.1%, Girl = 17.9%)
2.9% currently smoke cigarettes (Boy = 3.8%, Girl = 2.2%)
17.1% currently use other tobacco products (Boy = 17.1%, Girl = 17.1%)
2.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge and Attitudes
35.1% think boys and 20.0% think girls who smoke have more friends
3.2% think boys and 3.2% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability - Current Smokers
18.3% usually smoke at home
28.9% buy cigarettes in a store
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
10.4% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
24.2% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
84.8% think smoking should be banned from public places
84.2% think smoke from others is harmful to them
10.0% have one or more parents who smoke
5.3% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation - Current Smokers
68.0% want to stop smoking
61.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year
87.5% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
82.9% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
51.8% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
46.9% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
20.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
11.3% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School
60.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking
44.4% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke
63.5% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use
Highlights
• Nearly 1 in 6 students currently
use any form of tobacco; 2.9% of
the students currently smoke
cigarettes; 17.1% currently use
some other form of tobacco.
• Over 1 in 10 students live in homes where others smoke and almost one-quarter of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; One in 10 students have a parent who smokes, and 5.3% of the students have friends who smoke.
• Over 8 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
• More than two-thirds of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
• Over 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
• Above three-quarters of the students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; Approximately half of the students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.
The Malawi 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 Malawi could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.
A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Malawi. 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 96.83%, the student response rate was 84.25%, and the overall response rate was 81.57%.
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