Proportions and trends of global adolescent knowledge and attitudes toward tobacco smoking from 1999 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to assess the recent levels of knowledge and attitudes toward tobacco smoking among adolescents aged 12-16 years in 2010-2019, and to examine trends from 1999 to 2019.

Methods

We used the most recent data from 145 countries/territories (hereafter "countries") that conducted at least one Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) between 2010 and 2019 to assess the current levels of knowledge and attitudes toward tobacco smoking among adolescents aged 12-16 years. And 112 countries that conducted at least three GYTS surveys from 1999 to 2019 were used to assess the trends among adolescents aged 12-16 years over time.

Results

Among 570,492 adolescents from 145 countries, 13.9% (95% CI, 11.9%-15.8%) incorrectly believed that tobacco smoking was not harm

SUBMITTER: Xie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12399639 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature