Global Youth Tobacco Use Prevalence and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Republic of Macedonia in 2008
Journal Title: Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) - Year 2009, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction. The WHO and CDC have developed school-based Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) to track tobacco use among young people (13-15), intended to enhance the capacity of countries to design tobacco control programmes. It was undertaken in the Republic of Macedonia in 2002 and 2008. Aim. The purpose of this paper was to ascertain data on young people’s smoking prevalence and exposure to ETS and to propose measures for improvement in tobacco control. Material and methods. A common methodology is used in GYTS 2008. Some 5824 questionnaires were completed in 75 schools. The overall response rate was 90.09%. Results. Data indicate that 11.8% of students currently smoke cigarettes. Twenty six percent have ever smoked cigarettes in 2008. Approximately 5% of them are daily smokers. The most of current smokers (34.4%) live in Skopje, while 7.1 % live in rural areas. 3.7% of students started smoking under 10, compared to 20% in 2002. Two thirds of students are exposed to ETS at home and 66% in public places. 86.4% of students in all regions thought smoking should be banned in all public places. Conclusion. Country should engage positive public health attitude, healthy life-style and enforcement of law regulations in practice.
Authors and Affiliations
Elena Kosevska| Institute for Public Health, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Aziz Polozani| Institute for Public Health, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Mome Spasovski| Institute for Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss.Kiril and Metodij”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Marija Kishman Hristovska| WHO Office in Macedonia, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Sandra Petlichkovska| Institute for Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss.Kiril and Metodij”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- DOI 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2009.0057
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