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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Thailand

Fact Sheet • • • • • • • •

The Thailand 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, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum. These determinants are components Thailand could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

The Thailand GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grades 7-11 conducted in 2005.

A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for Thailand. 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 100%, the student response rate was 99.9%, and the overall response rate was 99.9%. A total of 19,874 students participated in the Thailand GYTS.

Prevalence

31.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 42.9%, Female = 18.4%)

19.3% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 27.7%, Female = 10.5%)

13.8% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 22.0%, Female = 5.2%)

10.1% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 13.4%, Female = 6.8%)

9.0% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

36.9% think boys and 16.4% think girls who smoke have more friends

12.9% think boys and 7.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability - Current Smokers

25.2% usually smoke at home

44.8% buy cigarettes in a store

40.1% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

47.8% live in homes where others smoke in their presence

68.5% are around others who smoke in places outside their home

87.1% think smoking should be banned from public places

68.2% think smoke from others is harmful to them

48.3% have one or more parents who smoke

10.0% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation - Current Smokers

71.4% want to stop smoking

80.2% tried to stop smoking during the past year

89.5% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

90.5% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days

43.7% have an object with a cigarette brand logo

11.5% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

School

62.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

31.6% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

60.4% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Highlights

  • 19.3% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 13.8% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 10.1% currently use some other form of tobacco.
  • ETS exposure is high—nearly half of the students live in homes where others smoke, and over two-thirds of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 1 in 2 of the students have a parent who smokes, and over 1 in 10 students have friends who smoke.
  • Over two-thirds of the students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
  • Approximately 7 in 10 of the current smokers want to stop smoking.
  • Over 11% of the students were offered a free cigarette by a tobacco company representative.
  • 9 in 10 of students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days; 44% of students own an object with a cigarette brand logo.

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Page last modified 06/27/2007