Table 4 Tobacco environment (school, home, peers, media, access)

Do your parents smoke tobacco? (n = 438)

None

64.8 %

Both

8.9 %

Father only

19.2 %

Mother only

1.6 %

Don't know

5.5 %

How often do you see your brother/sister smoking in your home? (n = 434)

Don't have/don't see this person

11.1 %

About every day

3.9 %

Sometimes

9.7 %

Never

75.3 %

How often do you see other people smoking in your home? (n = 434)

Don't have/don't see this person

7.1 %

About every day

15.9 %

Sometimes

42.6 %

Never

34.3 %

About how many students in your grade smoke? (n = 434)

Most of them

7.6 %

About half of them

11.1 %

Some of them

42.9 %

None of them

38.5 %

Do any of your closest friends smoke tobacco? (n = 435)

All of them

3.2 %

Most of them

5.7 %

Some of them

38.6 %

None of them

52.4 %

During the past 12 months, did you read in your school texts or books about the health effects of tobacco? (n = 434)

Yes

38.9 %

No

57.8 %

I do not have school texts or books

3.2 %

During the past 12 months, were you taught in any of your classes about the dangers of tobacco use? (n = 437)

Yes

33.2 %

No

45.5 %

I don’t know

21.3 %

During the past 12 months, did you discuss in any of your classes the reason why people your age use tobacco? (n = 432)

Yes

21.1 %

No

52.3 %

Not sure

26.6 %

Has anyone in your family discussed the harmful effects of smoking tobacco with you? (n = 435)

Yes

52.4 %

No

47.6 %

During the past 12 months, were you taught in any of your classes about the effects of using tobacco like it makes your teeth yellow, causes wrinkles, or makes you smell bad? (n = 434)

Yes

37.1 %

No

41.5 %

Not sure

21.4 %

Have you ever received help or advice to help you stop smoking? (n = 437)

I have never smoked

75.7 %

Yes, from a program or professional

0.0 %

Yes, from a friend

5.0 %

Yes, from a family member

4.1 %

Yes, from both programs or professionals and from friends or family members

2.5 %

No

12.6 %

During the past 30 days, did you see or hear any anti-tobacco media messages on television, radio, internet, billboards, posters, newspapers, magazines, or movies? (n = 435)

Yes

56.0 %

No

44.0 %

During the past 30 days, did you see or hear any anti-tobacco messages at sports events, fairs, concerts, or community events, or social gatherings? (n = 435)

I did not go to sports events, fairs, concerts, or community events, or social gatherings in the past 30 days

33.6 %

Yes

25.7 %

No

40.7 %

During the past 30 days, did you see any health warnings on cigarette packages? (n = 435)

Yes, but I didn’t think much of them

45.5 %

Yes, and they led me to think about quitting smoking or not starting smoking

23.7 %

No

30.8 %

During the past 30 days, did you see any health warnings on shisha tobacco packages? (n = 435)

Yes, but I didn’t think much of them

24.4 %

Yes, and they led me to think about quitting shisha smoking or not starting shisha smoking

12.2 %

No

63.4 %

*The last time you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days, how did you get them? (n = 438)

I bought them in a store or shop

35.1 %

I bought them from a vending machine

5.4 %

I got them from someone else

54.1 %

I got them some other way

5.4 %

*The last time you smoked shisha during the past 30 days, where did you smoke it? (n = 434)

At home

26.0 %

At a coffee shop

46.8 %

At a restaurant

9.1 %

Other

18.1 %

*The last time you smoked dokha during the past 30 days, where did you smoke it? (n = 434)

At home

10.0 %

At a coffee shop

15.0 %

At a restaurant

5.0 %

At a bar or club

2.5 %

Other

67.5 %

*During the past 30 days, did anyone refuse to sell you cigarettes because of your age? (n = 436)

Yes, someone refused to sell me cigarettes because of my age

38.7 %

No, my age did not keep me from buying cigarettes

62.3 %

*During the past 30 days, did anyone refuse to serve you shisha because of your age? (n = 435)

Yes, someone refused to serve me shisha because of my age

48.6 %

No, my age did not keep me from being served shisha

51.4 %