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2006 Brazil - Belem (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

Brazil - Belem (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) - Fact Sheet

2005 China - Tianjin (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

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2008 Mexico - Campeche (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

2008 Mexico - Campeche (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Sheet

2003 Mexico - Chetumal (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

2003 Mexico - Chetumal (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Sheet

2008 Mauritius (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

2008 Mauritius (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Sheet

2006 Mauritania (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

2006 Mauritania (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Sheet

2008 Belize (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Fact Shee

For additional information, please contact: 
Dr. Englebert Emmanuel       e-mail:  engleberte@yahoo.com 
Belize (Ages 13-15) 
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 
FACT SHEET •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    • 
 
   The Belize GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette 
and other tobacco use as well as information on five 
determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, 
exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), cessation, media and 
advertising, and school curriculum.  These determinants are 
components Belize could include in a comprehensive tobacco 
control program. 
 The Belize GYTS was a school-based survey of students in 
Std 6, and Forms 1, 2, and 3 conducted in 2008.   
A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce 
representative data for Belize. At the first stage, schools were 
selected with probability proportional to enrollment size.  At 
the second stage, classes were randomly selected and all 
students in selected classes were eligible to participate.  The 
school response rate was 94.4%, the class response rate was 
100%, the student response rate was 99.4%, and the overall 
response rate was 93.9%.  A total of 1,751 students aged 13-15 
participated in the Belize GYTS. 
 
Prevalence 
26.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boy = 36.2%, Girl = 18.6%) 
18.3% currently use any tobacco product (Boy = 21.8%, Girl = 15.3%) 
7.7% currently smoke cigarettes (Boy = 11.7%, Girl = 4.4%) 
13.3% currently use other tobacco products (Boy = 14.6%, Girl = 12.2%) 
21.3% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year 
 
Knowledge and Attitudes 
30.8% think boys and 14.8% think girls who smoke have more friends 
5.0% think boys and 4.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive 
 
Access and Availability - Current Smokers 
19.2% usually smoke at home 
34.4% buy cigarettes in a store 
 
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS) 
25.7% live in homes where others smoke in their presence 
50.4% are around others who smoke in places outside their home 
61.4% think smoking should be banned from public places 
69.8% think smoke from others is harmful to them 
26.9% have one or more parents who smoke 
6.1% have most or all friends who smoke 
 
Cessation - Current Smokers 
74.7% want to stop smoking 
65.0% tried to stop smoking during the past year 
67.6% have ever received help to stop smoking 
 
Media and Advertising 
65.2% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days 
62.1% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days 
58.3% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days 
9.6% have an object with a cigarette brand logo 
12.4% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative 
 
School 
67.0% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking 
49.3% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke 
65.4% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use 
Highlights 
 
• Almost 1 in 5 students currently 
use any form of tobacco; 7.7% of 
students currently smoke 
cigarettes; 13.3% of students 
currently use some other form of 
tobacco.  
 
• SHS exposure is high – one- 
quarter of the students live in 
homes where others smoke, and 
half the students are exposed to 
smoke around others outside of 
the home; one-third of the 
students have at least one parent 
who smokes. 
 
• Seven in 10 students think smoke 
from others is harmful to them. 
 
• Six in 10 students think smoking 
in public places should be 
banned. 
 
• Three-quarters of the current 
smokers want to stop smoking. 
 
•   One in 10 students has an object 
with a cigarette brand logo on it. 
 
• Two-thirds of the students saw 
anti-smoking media messages in 
the past 30 days; 6 in 10 students 
saw pro-cigarette ads on 
billboards and over half saw pro-
tobacco ads in newspapers or 
magazines in the past 30 days. 
 
      


Belize (Ages 13-15)Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) - Fact Sheet

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Cook Islands (Ages 13-15) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) - 2003 Fact Sheet

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