Table 4 Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (At Home and in Public Places) and School Policy and Enforcement Regarding Bans on Smoking, by Region and Country, Medical Global Health Professions Student Survey, 2005-2008
| Â | Â | In the past 7 days, had someone smoke in their presence and their home | In the past 7 days, had someone smoke in their presence other than in their home | Had an official policy banning smoking in school buildings and clinics | Had an official policy banning smoking in school buildings and clinics and the policy was enforced | Current cigarette smokers who want to stop smoking cigarettes now |
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Country (Site) | Year | Total % (95% CI) | Total % (95% CI) | Total % (95% CI) | Total % (95% CI) | Total % (95% CI) |
AFRICAN REGION (AFR) | ||||||
Algeria | 2007 | 27.0 (25.7 - 28.3) | 38.4 (37.0 - 39.8) | 29.8 (28.5 - 31.1) | 25.0 (22.7 - 27.4) | 68.7 (63.1 - 73.7) |
Kenya | 2008 | 43.9 (40.1 - 47.9) | 64.5 (60.6 - 68.1) | 60.1 (55.7 - 64.3) | 44.4 (37.4 - 51.6) | 58.3 (43.8 - 71.5) |
Niger | 2008 | 31.7 (30.1 - 33.3) | 71.2 (69.6 - 72.7) | 44.6 (42.9 - 46.3) | 42.8 (40.3 - 45.3) | 93.6 (89.4 - 96.3) |
Uganda | 2005 | 38.1 (34.7 - 41.5) | 61.1 (57.6 - 64.5) | 22.3 (18.9 - 26.2) | 40.5 (31.9 - 49.8) | * |
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION (EMR) | ||||||
Egypt | 2005 | 45.6 (41.7 - 49.5) | 78.4 (76.1 - 80.6) | 31.1 (26.2 - 36.5) | 41.1 (32.1 - 50.8) | 66.0 (47.0 - 81.0) |
Gaza Strip/West Bank | 2007 | 63.3 (59.7 - 66.8) | 67.1 (63.6 - 70.5) | 30.0 (26.7 - 33.5) | 18.8 (13.8 - 25.1) | * |
Iran | 2007 | 31.2 (28.8 - 33.7) | 54.1 (51.5 - 56.7) | 33.5 (31.1 - 36.1) | 66.9 (62.5 - 71.0) | 33.5 (21.7 - 47.9) |
Iraq | 2005 | 50.2 (47.4 - 53.1) | 60.6 (57.8 - 63.4) | 9.4 (7.9 - 11.2) | 30.5 (22.1 - 40.6) | 70.2 (56.1 - 81.4) |
Lebanon | 2006 | 54.7 (51.3 - 58.1) | 80.7 (77.9 - 83.3) | 51.6 (48.2 - 55.0) | 61.9 (57.2 - 66.4) | 40.4 (32.1 - 49.3) |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 2006 | 45.6 (43.9 - 47.2) | 59.6 (58.0 - 61.2) | 11.5 (10.5 - 12.6) | 44.2 (38.8 - 49.7) | 72.2 (65.6 - 78.0) |
Saudi Arabia | 2006 | 31.0 (27.3 - 34.9) | 60.9 (57.0 - 64.7) | 59.8 (55.8 - 63.7) | 75.7 (70.4 - 80.3) | 75.9 (61.9 - 86.0) |
Sudan | 2007 | 40.6 (37.7 - 43.5) | 68.5 (65.6 - 71.2) | 18.3 (16.2 - 20.7) | 68.3 (61.6 - 74.4) | 92.1 (80.7 - 97.0) |
Syrian Arab Republic | 2006 | 59.9 (59.0 - 60.8) | 79.3 (78.5 - 80.0) | 10.2 (9.7 - 10.8) | 48.6 (45.8 - 51.5) | 58.8 (56.2 - 61.4) |
Tunisia | 2007 | 44.5 (42.1 - 47.0) | 65.2 (62.9 - 67.5) | 36.6 (34.3 - 39.1) | 35.4 (31.5 - 39.5) | 61.8 (51.9 - 70.8) |
EUROPEAN REGION (EUR) | ||||||
Albania | 2005 | 72.5 (70.3 - 74.7) | 95.8 (94.7 - 96.7) | 14.1 (12.1 - 16.4) | 41.4 (33.7 - 49.6) | 90.1 (85.7 - 93.3) |
Armenia | 2006 | 65.1 (59.5 - 70.4) | 80.0 (74.9 - 84.2) | 54.0 (48.1 - 59.8) | 90.5 (84.8 - 94.2) | 71.3 (50.2 - 86.0) |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2006 | 53.0 (51.8 - 54.2) | 91.1 (90.4 - 91.8) | 58.8 (57.6 - 59.9) | 30.1 (28.7 - 31.6) | 46.6 (44.4 - 48.9) |
Croatia | 2005 | 50.4 (47.9 - 53.0) | 95.2 (93.9 - 96.2) | 83.1 (80.7 - 85.2) | 73.8 (70.8 - 76.7) | 55.2 (50.0 - 60.3) |
Czech Republic | 2006 | 25.9 (23.6 - 28.4) | 84.9 (82.8 - 86.7) | 95.7 (94.4 - 96.7) | 51.9 (49.0 - 54.8) | 55.2 (47.7 - 62.6) |
Kyrgyzstan | 2008 | 41.1 (38.3 - 43.9) | 82.1 (79.9 - 84.2) | 50.5 (47.6 - 53.3) | 70.2 (66.1 - 74.0) | 84.0 (79.1 - 87.9) |
Lithuania | 2006 | 34.9 (30.7 - 39.3) | 68.1 (63.9 - 72.1) | 78.5 (74.3 - 82.2) | 57.3 (52.3 - 62.2) | 60.9 (49.2 - 71.4) |
Russian Federation | 2006 | 48.8 (47.7 - 49.9) | 85.4 (84.6 - 86.2) | 74.6 (73.6 - 75.6) | 34.2 (33.0 - 35.5) | 68.2 (66.2 - 70.2) |
Serbia | 2006 | 67.8 (66.3 - 69.2) | 89.5 (88.4 - 90.4) | 67.4 (65.9 - 68.9) | 81.2 (79.6 - 82.6) | 57.7 (54.7 - 60.8) |
Slovakia | 2006 | 50.1 (48.5 - 51.8) | 79.4 (78.0 - 80.6) | 85.2 (84.0 - 86.3) | 48.2 (46.4 - 50.0) | 59.6 (55.9 - 63.2) |
Slovenia | 2007 | 28.2 (24.1 - 32.6) | 76.8 (72.5 - 80.5) | 90.1 (86.9 - 92.6) | 97.6 (95.5 - 98.7) | 53.3 (39.0 - 67.1) |
REGION OF THE AMERICAS (AMR) | ||||||
Argentina | 2005 | 65.4 (63.5 - 67.2) | 91.3 (90.1 - 92.3) | 69.0 (66.8 - 71.1) | 78.8 (76.3 - 81.1) | 62.2 (58.5 - 65.7) |
Bolivia | 2006 | 46.8 (41.6 - 52.1) | 74.2 (69.2 - 78.6) | 34.4 (21.1 - 50.7) | 61.4 (44.8 - 75.8) | 65.7 (60.8 - 70.3) |
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | 2006 | 24.3 (22.8 - 25.7) | 75.5 (74.0 - 76.9) | 8.8 (7.5 - 10.2) | 5.6 (3.0 - 10.5) | 49.1 (43.3 - 54.8) |
Chile | 2008 | 42.2 (40.8 - 43.7) | 83.2 (82.1 - 84.3) | 67.5 (66.0 - 69.1) | 57.6 (55.3 - 59.8) | 57.7 (54.7 - 60.7) |
Costa Rica | 2006 | 45.9 | 87.7 | 69.9 | 75.3 | 65.6 |
Cuba (Havana) | 2008 | 71.3 (69.4 - 73.2) | 91.8 (90.7 - 92.9) | 60.8 (58.7 - 62.8) | 31.4 (29.0 - 33.9) | 58.2 (54.1 - 62.1) |
Guatemala | 2008 | 34.6 (31.5 - 37.8) | 75.0 (72.0 - 77.7) | 72.7 (69.7 - 75.6) | 19.4 (16.4 - 22.8) | 67.7 (58.4 - 75.9) |
Jamaica | 2008 | 29.0 (24.1 - 34.4) | 58.9 (53.2 - 64.4) | 82.1 (77.2 - 86.1) | 50.6 (44.1 - 57.0) | * |
Mexico | 2006 | 46.8 (40.4 - 53.2) | 83.7 (79.3 - 87.3) | 52.3 (42.3 - 62.1) | 62.1 (51.3 - 71.8) | 58.4 (52.0 - 64.5) |
Panama | 2008 | 29.7 (27.4 - 32.2) | 51.1 (48.5 - 53.7) | 75.3 (72.9 - 77.5) | 66.1 (63.2 - 68.9) | 69.4 (60.2 - 77.3) |
Paraguay | 2008 | 46.4 (44.7 - 48.2) | 82.5 (81.1 - 83.7) | 26.1 (24.6 - 27.7) | 44.7 (41.3 - 48.1) | 86.0 (82.3 - 89.1) |
Peru | 2006 | 37.1 (31.0 - 43.6) | 65.4 (60.4 - 70.2) | 31.2 (20.7 - 44.1) | 59.0 (48.9 - 68.3) | 59.7 (52.7 - 66.3) |
Uruguay | 2008 | 39.7 (38.6 - 40.7) | 49.1 (48.0 - 50.2) | 90.7 (90.0 - 91.3) | 91.3 (90.6 - 91.9) | 53.7 (51.4 - 56.0) |
SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION (SEAR) | ||||||
Bangladesh | 2006 | 44.7 (24.9 - 66.3) | 77.1 (45.9 - 93.1) | 67.2 (40.7 - 86.0) | 79.1 (51.8 - 93.0) | 26.6 (12.4 - 48.1) |
India | 2005 | 42.8 (37.9 - 47.9) | 73.7 (68.9 - 78.0) | 48.0 (44.5 - 51.5) | 62.8 (54.7 - 70.3) | 71.8 (52.7 - 85.4) |
Indonesia | 2006 | 44.6 (37.9 - 51.4) | 80.3 (72.3 - 86.3) | 41.1 (24.7 - 59.8) | 41.0 (29.5 - 53.6) | 76.6 (53.1 - 90.4) |
Myanmar | 2006 | 54.4 (53.4 - 55.4) | 78.5 (77.6 - 79.3) | 68.1 (67.2 - 69.1) | 52.8 (51.5 - 54.1) | 74.8 (71.3 - 78.0) |
Nepal | 2005 | 45.9 (26.1 - 67.0) | 69.3 (48.3 - 84.5) | 53.1 (47.2 - 59.0) | 56.8 (33.3 - 77.5) | 65.3 (32.0 - 88.3) |
Sri Lanka | 2006 | 21.1 (19.6 - 22.7) | 54.5 (52.5 - 56.4) | 39.4 (37.4 - 41.4) | 74.2 (70.9 - 77.3) | 66.7 (55.2 - 76.5) |
Thailand | 2006 | 27.3 (25.0 - 29.7) | 56.1 (53.5 - 58.6) | 48.4 (45.8 - 51.0) | 80.0 (76.5 - 83.1) | 69.5 (46.1 - 85.8) |
WESTERN PACIFIC REGION (WPR) | ||||||
Cambodia | 2005 | 57.7 (52.1 - 63.0) | 64.0 (58.5 - 69.1) | 63.1 (57.5 - 68.3) | 73.1 (65.3 - 79.7) | * |
South Korea | 2006 | 16.8 (14.4 - 19.5) | 75.2 (69.5 - 80.1) | 78.6 (72.5 - 83.7) | 83.4 (79.0 - 87.0) | 65.5 (53.6 - 75.7) |
Viet Nam | 2007 | 61.4 (60.6 - 62.3) | 71.2 (70.4 - 72.0) | 71.8 (71.0 - 72.6) | 88.2 (87.3 - 89.1) | 71.1 (68.0 - 74.1) |