Prevalence and determinants of current cigarette smoking and secondhand smoking among Greek adolescents: the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2013 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Smoking prevalence in Greece is considered high within the European Union and the collection of evidence on tobacco use among adolescents is of vital importance in order to develop effective smoking prevention and cessation programmes.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Greece.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) is a national representative, paper-and-pencil, cross-sectional, school-based study of students at ages 13-15 years. The survey employed a multistage cluster sample design with schools selected proportional to enrolment size. Finally, 4618/5127 students aged 13-15 years participated in the survey. The school response rate was 98.1%, the student response rate was 90.1% and the overall response rate was 88.4%

SUBMITTER: Rachiotis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050343 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature