Results of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey and implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in former Soviet Union countries

Abstract

Overall, our study shows that FSU countries had positive changes in tobacco-use prevalence and perception among youth over time. Our findings should be used as baseline measures for future tobacco-control interventions aimed at reducing tobacco use among youth. Moreover, our results call for the enforcement of restricting advertising for tobacco products.

Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011

“…The Global Tobacco Surveillance System launched during 1999-2006 in 132 countries shows that 44% of children up to 15 years and 42% of young people aged 16-19 years are exposed to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke in their home [22]. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey studies have shown that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke can be up to 90% [17,23]. Our study showed decrease in the prevalence of smoking by parents.…”

“…According to the adolescent subjects, their parents frequently smoked in the presence of household members: 24% of secondary school students' parents and 36% of high school students' parents did so. group, the average number of cigarettes smoked per day was 14 [17]. In our 2009 study, 22% of secondary school students and 28% of high school students smoked > 10 cigarettes daily.…”

“…In the Polish educational system, the 'gimnazjum' (secondary school) is an educational level providing secondary education for students aged 13-16 years. Graduation from this level allows students to attend high school, either 'liceum' (high school) or 'technikum' (technical college), where the latter are for students aged [16][17][18][19] …”

Results of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey and implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries

“…Previously, a paper was presented regarding implementation of the WHO FCTC in the former Soviet Union [24]. The purpose of this paper is to use the data that has been collected in the GYTS conducted in EMR countries to set the baseline and monitor changes in tobacco use among youth and monitor the WHO FCTC articles.…”

Adoption and compliance in second-hand smoking bans: a global econometric analysis

“…More surprising, however, is the large number of low-and middle-income countries which have introduced such bans (Christopoulou et al 2013;Feldman and Bayer 2011;Usmanova and Mokdad 2013). In fact, in the only other previous study to use a globally representative sample (N = 100-117) to investigate the determinants of smoke-free laws, it was found that less wealthy countries actually were more likely to have bans in place prior to the FCTC in the early 2000s (Gallet 2009).…”