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Table 2 Prevalence of factors influencing tobacco use among students aged 13 to 15 years by gender, Turkey Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2003

From: Evaluation of the use of Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data for developing evidence-based tobacco control policies in Turkey

 

Prevalence % (95% CI)

 

Total

Male

Female

Secondhand smoke exposure

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

81.6 (80.6–82.5) (n = 11,197)

80.6 (79.4–81.7) (n = 5,643)

82.7 (81.4–83.8) (n = 5,300)

Exposure to smoke in public places in the past 7 days

85.9 (84.8–87.0) (n = 11,205)

85.3 (83.8–86.6) (n = 5,696)

86.9 (85.7–87.9) (n = 5,274)

Those who thought smoking should be banned in public places

91.4 (90.6–92.1) (n = 11,323)

89.6 (88.5–90.6) (n = 5,733)

94.0 (93.0–94.9) (n = 5,335)

Pro-tobacco advertising exposure

Exposure to advertisements for cigarettes on billboards in the past month

33.4 (32.1–34.8) (n = 10,764)

34.4 (32.8–36.0) (n = 5,429)

32.1 (30.4–33.8) (n = 5,109)

Exposure to advertisements for cigarettes in newspapers or magazines in the past month

27.9 (26.8–29.1) (n = 10,984)

29.9 (28.1–31.7) (n = 5,529)

25.1 (23.7–26.5) (n = 5,225)

Ownership of an object with a tobacco brand logo on it

10.1 (9.3–11.0) (n = 11,129)

12.4 (11.4–13.5) (n = 5,634)

6.7 (5.8–7.7) (n = 5,268)

Access and availability of cigarettes to smokers

Current smokers who usually bought their cigarettes in a store

46.5 (40.6–52.4) (n = 557)

48.9 (41.8–55.9) (n = 387)

38.4 (28.7–49.3) (n = 129)

Current smokers who usually bought their cigarettes in a store who had never been refused purchase because of their young age

86.4 (80.5–90.8) (n = 226)

88.0 (81.2–92.6) (n = 166)

82.7 (66.6–92.0) (n = 39)

Those ever been offered "free" cigarettes by a cigarette company representative

7.6 (7.0–8.2) (n = 10,530)

9.1 (8.2–10.1) (n = 5,262)

5.6 (4.9–6.3) (n = 5,093)

Exposure to teaching in school the previous year about:

Dangers of smoking tobacco

52.8 (50.9–54.7) (n = 11,051)

52.7 (50.7–54.6) (n = 5,609)

53.3 (50.9–55.7) (n = 5,224)

Reasons why people their age smoke

21.1 (19.7–22.5) (n = 11,185)

21.3 (19.8–22.7) (n = 5,665)

20.5 (18.5–22.7) (n = 5,284)

The effects of smoking

40.1 (38.2–41.9) (n = 11,110)

39.4 (37.4–41.4) (n = 5,617)

41.4 (39.1–43.8) (n = 5,265)

  1. CI, confidence interval.