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## Objective: The global youth tobacco survey (gyts) is a worldwide collaborative surveillance initiative that includes governments and non-governmental organisations under the leadership of the world health organization/tobacco free initiative (who/tfi) and the us centers for disease control and prevention/office on smoking and health (cdc/osh). the gyts was developed to enhance the capacity of countries to design, implement, and evaluate tobacco control and prevention programmes. ## Methods: The gyts employs a standard methodology where self administered questionnaires, consisting of a set of core questions, are completed by a representative school based sample of students primarily between the ages of 13-15 years. ## Results: Data are presented from 75 sites in 43 countries and the gaza strip/west bank region. current use of any tobacco product ranges from 62.8% to 3.3%, with high rates of oral tobacco use in certain regions. current cigarette smoking ranges from 39.6% to less than 1%, with nearly 25% of students who smoke, having smoked their first cigarette before the age of 10 years. the majority of current smokers want to stop smoking and have already tried to quit, although

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Publisher

BMJ

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)