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Table 1 Prevalence of tobacco use in youth in Cyprus middle schools and high schools by gender – 2006 Cyprus Global Youth Tobacco Survey

From: Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus youth

Characteristic

Prevalence (95% Confidence Interval)

 

Middle School

High School

 

Overall

Boys

Girls

Overall

Boys

Girls

 

(n = 7,230)

(n = 3,651)

(n = 3,579)

(n = 5,931)

(n = 2,619)

(n = 3,312)

Age in years – mean (SD)

13.4 (0.01)

13.4 (0.02)

13.3 (0.02)

16.2 (0.01)

16.2 (0.02)

16.2 (0.02)

Ever smoked cigarettes

28.1 (26.2, 29.9)

35.3 (32.9, 37.6)

20.8 (18.3, 23.2)

58.0 (55.8, 60.1)

66.4 (64.6, 68.6)

51.2 (47.7, 54.7)

Ever smokers initiated smoking before age ten

20.0 (18.6, 21.4)

23.4 (20.7, 26.0)

14.3 (11.4, 17.2)

7.8 (6.6, 8.9)

9.9 (7.8, 12.0)

5.6 (4.3, 6.8)

Current tobacco users*

10.5 (9.0, 12.1)

13.6 (11.5, 15.8)

7.3 (5.6, 9.1)

29.2 (27.1, 31.3)

36.8 (34.5, 39.1)

23.1 (20.2, 26.1)

Current cigarette smokers*

9.9 (8.4, 11.4)

12.7 (10.5, 14.9)

7.0 (5.3, 8.7)

28.7 (26.6, 30.8)

35.7 (33.3, 38.0)

23.2 (20.2, 26.2)

Never smokers likely to initiate smoking next year

16.0 (14.7, 17.2)

16.6 (15.2, 18.0)

15.4 (13.6, 17.3)

24.4 (22.8, 26.0)

19.9 (17.6, 22.1)

26.9 (24.6, 29.3)

  1. *Current smoking is defined as having smoked on 1 or more days of the past 30 days