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Uzbekistan-Tashkent GYTS Summary

Methodology

The Uzbekistan-Tashkent Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) was a school-based survey conducted in 2008 among students aged 13-15. A two-stage cluster sample design was used, with schools selected proportional to enrollment and classes randomly chosen. Overall response rates were high: 95.4% school, 95.4% student, and 100% class participation. A total of 2,133 students responded.

Findings

Prevalence

• 7.7% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (higher among boys).
• 2.2% currently use any tobacco product.
• 1.8% currently smoke cigarettes, with 0.6% being daily smokers.
• 17.1% ever smoked initiated before age ten.

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS)

• 17.3% live in homes where others smoke.
• 46.7% are exposed to SHS in places outside their homes.
• 56.1% believe SHS is harmful, and 91.7% support banning smoking in public places.

Media and Advertising

• 90.6% were exposed to anti-smoking media messages in the past 30 days.
• 52.1% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards and 42.1% in newspapers/magazines.
• High awareness: 90.6% saw anti-smoking messages, and classes frequently discussed smoking dangers or effects during the past year.
• Some students were offered free cigarettes or saw brand logos, and social influences included parental and peer smoking.