GYTS: Core Questionnaire
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Core Questionnaire
- Fact Sheets and Results by Country and Year
GYTS comprises "core" country-approved questions designed to gather data on the following seven topics:
Prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use
- How many young people have experimented with smoking cigarettes or use other forms of tobacco products
- The age at which young people begin cigarette smoking
- What brand of cigarettes young people smoke
- Where young people usually smoke
Knowledge and attitudes towards cigarette smoking
- The strength of intention to remain nonsmokers among young people who never smoked (index of susceptibility)
- What young people perceive to be the social benefits and the health risks of smoking cigarettes
- The extent of peer pressure on young people to begin cigarette smoking
Role of the media and advertising on the use of cigarettes
- How receptive young people are to cigarette advertising and other activities that promote cigarette use
- Awareness and exposure of young people to antismoking messages
Access to cigarettes
- Where young people usually get their cigarettes
- Whether sellers refuse to sell young people cigarettes because of their age
- How much money young people spend on cigarettes
Tobacco-related school curriculum
- What young people were taught in school about tobacco
- Young people’s perceptions of their school’s programs to prevent cigarette use
Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS)
- The extent of young people’s exposure to smoking at home and in public places
- Young people’s perceptions about the harmful effects of SHS
Cessation of cigarette smoking
- The short- and long-term likelihood that young cigarette smokers will quit
- Core Questionnaire (PDF–86 KB)
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