Table 2 Prevalence of factors influencing tobacco use among students aged 13 to 15 years by gender, Turkey Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2003
| 听 | Prevalence % (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 听 | Total | Male | Female |
Secondhand smoke exposure | |||
Exposure to smoking from others at home in the past 7 days | 81.6 (80.6鈥�82.5) (n = 11,197) | 80.6 (79.4鈥�81.7) (n = 5,643) | 82.7 (81.4鈥�83.8) (n = 5,300) |
Exposure to smoke in public places in the past 7 days | 85.9 (84.8鈥�87.0) (n = 11,205) | 85.3 (83.8鈥�86.6) (n = 5,696) | 86.9 (85.7鈥�87.9) (n = 5,274) |
Those who thought smoking should be banned in public places | 91.4 (90.6鈥�92.1) (n = 11,323) | 89.6 (88.5鈥�90.6) (n = 5,733) | 94.0 (93.0鈥�94.9) (n = 5,335) |
Pro-tobacco advertising exposure | |||
Exposure to advertisements for cigarettes on billboards in the past month | 33.4 (32.1鈥�34.8) (n = 10,764) | 34.4 (32.8鈥�36.0) (n = 5,429) | 32.1 (30.4鈥�33.8) (n = 5,109) |
Exposure to advertisements for cigarettes in newspapers or magazines in the past month | 27.9 (26.8鈥�29.1) (n = 10,984) | 29.9 (28.1鈥�31.7) (n = 5,529) | 25.1 (23.7鈥�26.5) (n = 5,225) |
Ownership of an object with a tobacco brand logo on it | 10.1 (9.3鈥�11.0) (n = 11,129) | 12.4 (11.4鈥�13.5) (n = 5,634) | 6.7 (5.8鈥�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鈥�52.4) (n = 557) | 48.9 (41.8鈥�55.9) (n = 387) | 38.4 (28.7鈥�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鈥�90.8) (n = 226) | 88.0 (81.2鈥�92.6) (n = 166) | 82.7 (66.6鈥�92.0) (n = 39) |
Those ever been offered "free" cigarettes by a cigarette company representative | 7.6 (7.0鈥�8.2) (n = 10,530) | 9.1 (8.2鈥�10.1) (n = 5,262) | 5.6 (4.9鈥�6.3) (n = 5,093) |
Exposure to teaching in school the previous year about: | |||
Dangers of smoking tobacco | 52.8 (50.9鈥�54.7) (n = 11,051) | 52.7 (50.7鈥�54.6) (n = 5,609) | 53.3 (50.9鈥�55.7) (n = 5,224) |
Reasons why people their age smoke | 21.1 (19.7鈥�22.5) (n = 11,185) | 21.3 (19.8鈥�22.7) (n = 5,665) | 20.5 (18.5鈥�22.7) (n = 5,284) |
The effects of smoking | 40.1 (38.2鈥�41.9) (n = 11,110) | 39.4 (37.4鈥�41.4) (n = 5,617) | 41.4 (39.1鈥�43.8) (n = 5,265) |