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

Table 2 Prevalence of current smoking and current tobacco use on one or more days during the 30 days preceding the survey among youth (aged 13-15 years) in Jordan, Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), 2004 and 2007

	2004	2007
	(n = 2457)	(n = 2197)
Smoked cigarettes on one or more days during the 30 days preceding the survey
Boys	19.2% (14.9-23.5)	22.7% (18.1-27.2)
Girls	6.6% (3.8-9.4)	8.7% (6.1-11.2)
Overall	12.6% (10.1-15.1)	15.6% (11.0-20.2)
Used any form of tobacco on one or more days during the 30 days preceding the survey
Boys	28.4% (25.5-31.3)	33.5% (29.2-37.9)
Girls	12.2% (9.9-14.5)	16.5% (11.6-21.5)
Overall	19.9% (17.7-22.1)	24.9% (19.4-30.3)

95% confidence interval reported in parentheses
Source: GSHS data obtained online from http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/jordan/en Accessed 11 June 2009.
Notes. As part of the survey, youth are asked the number of days during the 30 days preceding the survey that they smoked cigarettes. Those reporting that they smoked cigarettes on one or more days were considered current smokers. Similarly, youth were asked the number of days they used any other form of tobacco during the 30 days preceding the survey.

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