Prevalence
24.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes
Male = 27.9%, Female = 21.1%
30.7% currently use any tobacco product
Male = 32.7%, Female = 29.1%
13.5% currently smoke cigarettes
Male = 14.9%, Female = 12.5%
25.7% currently use other tobacco products
Male = 26.7%, Female = 24.8%
22.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
For additional information, please contact:
Richard Zulu
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in Zambia
Chongwe and Luangwa (Ages 13-15)
The Zambia - Chongwe and Luangwa GYTS was a school-
based survey of students in grades 7, 8 and 9, conducted in
2007.
The Zambia – Chongwe and Luangwa GYTS 2007 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 Zambia could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.
A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Chongwe and Luangwa.
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 84.0%, the student response rate was 79.7%, and the overall response rate was 66.9%.
A total of 698 students aged 13-15 participated in the Zambia – Chongwe and Luangwa GYTS 2007.
Prevalence
24.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes
Male = 27.9%, Female = 21.1%
30.7% currently use any tobacco product
Male = 32.7%, Female = 29.1%
13.5% currently smoke cigarettes
Male = 14.9%, Female = 12.5%
25.7% currently use other tobacco products
Male = 26.7%, Female = 24.8%
22.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge and Attitudes
26.6% think boys and 18.3% think girls who smoke have more friends
20.3% think boys and 16.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability - Current Smokers
28.1% usually smoke at home
19.6% buy cigarettes in a store
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
30.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
46.1% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
46.9% think smoking should be banned from public places
43.5% think smoke from others is harmful to them
25.0% have one or more parents who smoke
8.5% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation - Current Smokers
83.7% want to stop smoking
80.9% tried to stop smoking during the past year
92.4% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
71.7% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
51.2% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
51.7% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
17.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
18.0% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School
55.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking
42.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke
55.1% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use
Highlights
• Three in 10 students currently use
any form of tobacco;
1 in 10
students currently smoke
cigarettes;
One quarter of the
students currently use some other
form of tobacco.
• ETS exposure rates indicate over
three in 10 students live in homes
where others smoke in their
presence;
over 4 in 10 are
exposed to smoke in public
places;
one quarter of students
have at least one parent who
smokes.
• Four in 10 students think smoke
from others is harmful to them.
• Four in 10 students think smoking
in public places should be
banned.
• Eight in 10 smokers want to quit
smoking.
• Over 7 in 10 students saw anti-
smoking media messages in the
past 30 days;
5 in 10 students saw
pro-cigarette ads on billboards
and newspapers and magazines in
the past 30 days.
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