Does tobacco use among adolescents come out of style in Czechia and Slovakia? Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey between 2002 and 2016

Autor:	Martina, Bašková, Hana, Sovinová, Ladislav, Csémy, Tibor, Baška, Robert, Ochaba
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Slovakia Tobacco Use Adolescent Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Prevalence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humans Tobacco Products General Medicine Czech Republic
Zdroj:	Central European Journal of Public Health. 30:79-85
ISSN:	1803-1048 1210-7778
DOI:	10.21101/cejph.a6858
Popis:	The aim of this study is to analyse Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data on a prevalence of tobacco use, indicators of tobacco control and pro-tobacco activities in Czechia and Slovakia between 2002 and 2016.GYTS is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years carried out in Czechia and Slovakia in 2002/2003, 2007, 2011 and 2016. Standardized uniform questionnaires provided representative data.Between 2002 and 2016 the current cigarette smoking declined both in Czechia and Slovakia (from 34.6% and 26.4% to 15.2% and 17.1%, respectively). Indicators of tobacco control activities either did not change (access to buy cigarettes by minors) or decreased (school-based and mass media interventions). Indicators of pro-tobacco activities declined (being ever offered by a free tobacco product and having something with a tobacco product brand logo on it).Tobacco use is on decline and the situation becomes similar to the most of European countries. Preventive activities are only partially responsible for the process. Rather effect of global trends accelerated by widespread use of social media can play a role.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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