The Mali GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades
6, 7, 8, and 9 conducted in 2008.
A total of 2,135 13-15 year
old students participated.
Prevalence
29.0% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 44.6%, Female = 10.1%)
16.6% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 23.1%, Female = 8.8%)
10.4% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 17.4%, Female = 2.5%)
9.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 10.7%, Female = 7.2%)
5.6% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Mali (Ages 13-15)
The Mali GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades
6, 7, 8, and 9 conducted in 2008. A total of 2,135 13-15 year
old students participated.p>
Prevalence
29.0% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 44.6%, Female = 10.1%)
16.6% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 23.1%, Female = 8.8%)
10.4% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 17.4%, Female = 2.5%)
9.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 10.7%, Female = 7.2%)
5.6% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge and Attitudes
55.2% think boys and 35.4% think girls who smoke have more friends
28.7% think boys and 19.5% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability - Current Smokers
20.9% usually smoke at home
49.5% buy cigarettes in a store
84.8% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS)
48.5% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
81.4% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
84.6% think smoking should be banned from public places
50.3% think smoke from others is harmful to them
19.7% have one or more parents who smoke
6.8% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation - Current Smokers
62.8% want to stop smoking
60.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year
Media and Advertising
64.4% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
29.2% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
23.4% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
13.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
10.3% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School 48.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking 36.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke 53.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use Highlights • 1 in 20 students are likely to initiate smoking next year; 10.4% of students currently smoke cigarettes and nearly 1 in 10 currently use tobacco products other than cigarettes. • SHS exposure is high – almost one-half of students live in homes where others smoke; 8 in 10 students are exposed to smoke of others outside their home; almost 1 in 5 students have at least one parent who smokes. • 8 in 10 students think smoking should be banned in public places. • 6 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; almost one-third of students saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards and nearly 25% of students saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines in the past 30 days.
A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Mali. 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 88.3% and the overall response rate was 88.3%.
The Mali 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 second hand smoke (SHS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum. These determinants are components Mali could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.
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