A surveillance summary of smoking and review of tobacco control in Jordan

Table 1 Prevalence of ever smoking, current smoking and current tobacco use among youth (aged 13-15 years) in Jordan, Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), 1999

	Boys	Girls	Overall
Ever smoked cigarettes	44.1%	25.8%	36.4%
Currently smoke cigarettes	22.6%	11.4%	18.3%
Currently use any form of tobacco	27.5%	15.2%	22.9%

* GYTS sample size, 3912
Source: GYTS data obtained online from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/GYTS/factsheets/emr/1999/jordan_factsheet.htm Accessed 11 June 2009.
Notes. Lifetime prevalence of smoking was obtained from an affirmative response to the question, "Have you ever tried or experimented with cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?". Youth were also asked the question "During the past 30 days (one month), on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?". Those who responded one ore more days were considered current smokers. Similarly, youth were asked about use of smoked tobacco products other than cigarettes (e.g. cigars, water pipe, cigarillos, little cigars, pipe) and use of any form of smokeless tobacco products (e.g. chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) during the previous 30 days. Those responding affirmatively were considered to currently use other forms of tobacco.

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