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Table 4 Percent of students exposed to smoke at home, exposed to smoke in public places, and support ban on smoking in public places, Peru GYTS, 2000 and 2003

From: Prevalence of smoking and other smoking related behaviors reported by the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in four Peruvian cities

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Exposed to smoking from others at home in the past 7 days

Exposed to smoke in public places in the past 7 days

Thought smoking should be banned in public places

Huancayo, 2000

23.7 (20.8–26.9) (n = 997)

34.5 (29.9–39.5) (n = 1,000)

89.3 (86.3–91.7) (n = 997)

Lima, 2000

30.9 (27.8–34.1) (n = 1,209)

44.4 (40.8–48.1) (n = 1,211)

88.2 (85.5–90.5) (n = 1,209)

Tarapoto, 2000

33.0 (30.4–35.7) (n = 762)

39.5 (35.8–43.3) (n = 764)

90.5 (87.0–93.1) (n = 759)

Trujillo, 2000

27.8 (25.1–30.7) (n = 1,017)

40.3 (36.2–44.5) (n = 1,021)

89.8 (86.6–92.4) (n = 1,018)

Huancayo, 2003

17.8 (15.4–20.6) (n = 970)

30.2 (27.2–33.4) (n = 967)

86.5 (83.8–88.8) (n = 993)

Lima, 2003

25.1 (22.4–27.9) (n = 985)

41.7 (36.2–47.5) (n = 990)

85.9 (81.3–89.5) (n = 1,030)

Tarapoto, 2003

27.2 (24.2–30.5) (n = 1,051)

35.5 (31.8–39.3) (n = 1,055)

88.7 (86.1–90.8) (n = 1,122)

Trujillo, 2003

19.8 (17.6–22.2) (n = 1,299)

33.1 (29.2–37.2) (n = 1,281)

89.2 (86.6–91.4) (n = 1,331)

  1. Values are mean (95% confidence intervals).