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

Table 5 Percent of students who were taught the dangers of smoking, discussed reasons why people their age use tobacco, or were taught the effects of using tobacco, Peru GYTS, 2000 and 2003

Site	At school during the past year, taught dangers of smoking tobacco	At school during the past year, discussed reasons why people their age smoke	At school during the past year, taught about the effects of smoking
Huancayo, 2000	47.1 (43.1–51.1) (n = 986)	44.9 (39.3–50.7) (n = 999)	38.3 (33.2–43.6) (n = 1,000)
Lima, 2000	42.6 (36.4–49.1) (n = 1,194)	33.9 (29.6–38.6) (n = 1,206)	28.6 (24.8–32.9) (n = 1,205)
Tarapoto, 2000	67.1 (59.8–73.7) (n = 761)	52.4 (46.5–58.3) (n = 763)	50.6 (44.5–56.7) (n = 754)
Trujillo, 2000	58.0 (52.6–63.2) (n = 1,008)	49.3 (44.5–54.1) (n = 1,025)	43.5 (37.0–50.1) (n = 1,014)
Huancayo, 2003	48.8 (45.3–52.4) (n = 990)	42.8 (39.2–46.4) (n = 993)	36.1 (32.0–40.5) (n = 994)
Lima, 2003	43.2 (37.2–49.3) (n = 1,027)	37.1 (30.7–44.1) (n = 1,040)	32.2 (26.7–38.4) (n = 1,035)
Tarapoto, 2003	64.9 (60.1–69.4) (n = 1,125)	55.3 (51.2–59.4) (n = 1,122)	50.4 (45.5–55.4) (n = 1,123)
Trujillo, 2003	56.6 (51.3–61.8) (n = 1,344)	49.6 (43.7–55.5) (n = 1,347)	43.2 (39.7–46.8) (n = 1,340)

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