fctc indicators gsps
NEPAL (2007)
MYANMAR (2007)
Indicators for Global School Personnel Survey
Technical notes and definitions
This document presents data from school personnel employed in schools. Ten Member States of the WHO South-East
Asia Region participated in the survey and provided data from 2006 to 2009.
Article 20-22: Scientific and technical
cooperation and communication of information
GSPS is composed of a core questionnaire designed to gather data on tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes of school
personnel toward tobacco, existence and effectiveness of tobacco control policies in schools, and training and materials
available for implementing tobacco prevention and control interventions.
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Male
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Female
CI
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Total
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Male
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Female
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Total
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Male
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Female
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Total
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%
Male
CI
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TIMOR-LESTE (2009)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
Ever smoked cigarettes
14.2
12.0–16.6
66.7
60.1–72.8
4.6
2.9–7.0
37.7
30.6–45.3
48.5
39.7–57.3
4.9
2.1–11.1
16.2
13.1–19.8
48.9
38.7–59.2
3.7
2.5–5.4
23.1
20.8–25.7
55.5
51.1–59.8
6.7
4.8–9.2
47.3
41.0–53.7
66.7
58.2–74.2
7.3
2.6–18.9
Current tobacco users
12.0
8.5–16.7
57.2
50.6–63.6
3.7
2.6–5.4
27.1
22.5–32.2
35.8
29.7–42.4
1.1
0.2–5.3
7.5
5.4–10.3
20.5
13.8–29.4
2.3
1.4–3.9
10.8
8.7–13.4
26.6
21.6–32.1
2.9
1.6–5.0
36.1
29.3–43.5
49.4
39.7–59.2
6.3
2.1–17.5
Current cigarette smokers
6.3
4.2–9.5
36.4
28.9–44.7
0.8
0.4–1.9
17.0
12.4–22.7
22.3
15.9–30.4
0.8
0.1–6.2
4.6
3.5–6.2
14.6
10.6–19.7
0.6
0.2–1.7
9.2
7.3–11.6
24.6
19.8–30.1
1.4
0.7–3.1
40.1
33.4–47.2
57.6
46.7–67.8
5.7
1.8–16.8
Currently using tobacco other than cigarettes
11.3
8.0–15.9
54.8
48.7–60.6
3.4
2.4–4.9
21.4
17.2–26.3
28.3
23.2–34.1
1.1
0.2–5.3
4.9
3.1–7.8
11.9
6.0–22.2
2.0
1.1–3.6
5.2
3.7–7.2
11.8
8.1–16.9
1.8
1.0–3.2
3.9
1.8–8.7
3.8
1.0–13.1
4.4
1.2–15.2
5.4
3.0–9.4
27.8
17.7–41.0
1.3
0.8–1.9
7.3
4.5–11.5
9.0
5.4–14.7
1.9
0.6–6.4
1.8
1.3–2.6
3.0
1.4–6.3
1.1
0.6–1.9
8.8
7.3–10.5
21.4
17.3–26.2
2.4
1.0–5.4
26.2
19.1–34.9
35.4
24.1–48.6
5.8
1.9–16.2
Teachers
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
6.8–10.1
21.6
17.0–27.1
2.4
1.0–5.5
23.9
16.8–32.9
35.2
23.8–48.6
0.3
0.0–2.8
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.6
9.2–28.1
20.1
11.1–33.7
2.4
0.9–6.5
40.5
23.6–59.9
36.4*
18.2–59.5
56.7*
13.9–91.4
Ever used tobacco on school property in the past year
School personnel
Smoked on school property in the past year
Percentage of school personnel who are
GSPS has the following domains:
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Prevalence of tobacco use among school personnel.
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
94.5
93.5–95.4
86.9
84.9–88.8
98.3
97.5–98.9
85.9
80.2–90.1
83.7
76.5–89.0
90.3
81.2–95.3
l
Attitudes and knowledge of school personnel towards smoking.
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
4.6–6.5
13.1
11.2–15.1
1.7
1.1–2.5
14.1
9.9–19.8
16.3
11.0–23.5
9.7
4.7–18.8
l
Facilities and support available for smoking cessation.
Schools should have a policy prohibiting tobacco use among
l
Role and perception of school personnel toward cessation.
Students
98.8
96.3–99.6
93.9
79.8–98.3
99.7
99.4–99.9
98.5
96.9–99.2
98.0
95.8–99.0
100.0
–
92.0
90.4–93.3
92.4
88.1–95.3
91.9
89.7–93.6
96.8
95.7–97.6
96.1
93.6–97.6
97.1
96.1–97.9
88.5
82.2–92.8
87.6
80.8–92.2
90.0
77.6–95.9
l
Tobacco curriculum in schools.
School personnel
98.4
97.5–99.0
99.2
97.1–99.8
98.3
97.2–99.0
94.1
88.3–97.1
93.8
88.8–96.7
94.8
78.7–98.9
91.0
88.5–93.0
91.2
86.9–94.2
91.0
88.4–93.1
95.8
94.5–96.7
93.5
90.9–95.4
96.9
95.7–97.7
87.8
80.5–92.7
85.3
76.2–91.3
93.2
82.6–97.5
Students
98.5
97.0–99.2
97.0
92.3–98.9
98.7
97.4–99.4
84.8
80.0–88.6
82.8
78.0–86.8
90.7
81.7–95.5
71.7
65.1–77.4
76.3
70.0–81.6
69.7
61.6–76.7
91.0
89.0–92.7
89.0
85.3–91.9
92.1
90.0–93.7
92.2
87.6–95.2
92.8
87.5–95.9
90.3
79.1–95.8
School personnel
89.8
86.8–92.2
84.8
77.7–89.9
90.7
87.9–92.9
80.0
74.9–84.3
78.1
71.3–83.6
86.3
78.6–91.5
62.3
53.1–70.6
67.4
54.9–77.8
60.1
50.8–68.7
82.3
79.8–84.6
81.0
77.5–84.0
83.0
80.0–85.7
68.5
59.0–76.7
69.5
56.1–80.2
64.3
52.4–74.7
Students
99.4
98.1–99.8
98.8
92.6–99.8
99.5
98.6–99.8
96.4
93.0–98.2
96.2
92.3–98.2
97.1
91.8–99.0
75.9
67.8–82.5
81.3
72.7–87.7
73.7
64.9–81.0
99.6
99.1–99.9
99.7
99.2–99.9
99.6
98.7–99.9
69.1
55.9–79.7
69.4
55.3–80.6
69.3
46.7–85.3
School personnel
96.2
94.0–97.6
92.6
86.4–96.1
96.8
94.7–98.1
88.7
85.0–91.6
87.0
82.7–90.3
93.9
87.8–97.0
76.2
69.2–82.0
82.8
71.5–90.3
73.5
66.9–79.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
77.9
73.6–81.6
67.7
56.6–77.0
79.7
75.9–83.1
63.7
51.6–74.3
60.9
48.9–71.7
72.3
54.3–85.1
57.4
49.3–65.1
59.9
49.7–69.2
56.6
47.9–64.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
98.2
97.4–98.7
96.8
95.0–98.0
98.8
98.1–99.3
73.9
64.2–81.7
73.3
59.9–83.5
73.9
64.9–81.2
The GSPS indicators are categorized by domains and then coupled to the related Articles of the Framework
Convention, thus providing contextual information.
All related indicators are grouped according to their domains. However, Member States were free to adapt the
questionnaire according to their needs and resources. Hence, a dash (-) in a cell denotes the absence of certain
indicators in those countries.
n
Percentages reflect the prevalence of each indicator in each group, and not the distribution across groups.
n
* (star) indicates an estimate based on a sample size (n) less than 35 individuals.
n
CI refers to 95% confidence interval.
Definitions of Indicators:
School personnel
n
Current cigarette smoking
n
Current use of tobacco products
other than cigarettes
Support for a ban on smoking
n
n
Knowledge
n
Tobacco education in schools
n
Training for school personnel
n
School personnel refer to teachers and administrators who were employed by a
participating school during the survey.
School personnel who smoked cigarettes on at least one day during the
month preceding the survey.
School personnel who used tobacco products other than cigarettes on
at least one day during the month preceding the survey.
School personnel who reported that they support a ban on smoking for
students and school personnel.
School personnel who knew about the harmful effects of smoking and a
policy that prohibits tobacco use in schools.
School personnel who responded "yes" to having been trained in preventing
tobacco use among youth.
School personnel who thought specific training is required to prevent tobacco
use among students.
Acknowledgement: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta for their
technical and financial support.
Schools have a policy in place that prohibits tobacco use among
Article 12: Education, communication, training and public awareness
n
Total
CI
THAILAND (2009)
Tobacco use
The Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) is a school-based survey of administrators, teachers and school personnel
intended to collect information among these professionals. It will help Member countries to monitor tobacco control
efforts and to better school personnel training regarding tobacco control. Also, GSPS can be used to evaluate the
implementation of the provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control regarding training and
awareness among school personnel.
n
%
SRI LANKA (2007)
Schools enforce a policy on tobacco use among
Schools have a policy declaring it tobacco-free
School personnel
Knowledge: smoke from others is harmful
School personnel
Had access to teaching-learning materials on tobacco use among youth and its prevention
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.9
43.1–48.7
45.7
41.7–49.7
46.0
42.5–49.6
47.6
37.8–57.7
43.2
33.5–53.5
55.4
39.3–70.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.6
31.0–38.4
41.1
36.1–46.2
31.6
27.6–35.9
19.6
12.9–28.7
18.0
10.7–28.5
19.2
10.0–33.5
32.1
26.0–39.0
23.4
13.8–36.8
33.7
26.9–41.3
12.6
8.6–18.1
12.3
8.3–17.8
13.5
7.6–22.9
8.4
6.2–11.4
12.0
8.2–17.1
6.9
5.1–9.3
35.6
32.2–39.1
42.5
38.1–47.0
32.0
28.3–36.1
19.5
12.8–28.5
16.3
9.6–26.4
23.4
13.1–38.3
Ever received training in preventing tobacco use among youth
Teachers
School personnel
Schools have nonclassroom programme for students on prevention of tobacco use
School personnel
77.5
69.8–83.6
71.4
61.2–79.8
78.6
71.0–84.6
45.0
39.4–50.7
41.5
32.5–51.0
56.0
46.1–65.4
43.3
33.6–53.5
50.4
39.6–61.1
40.4
30.4–51.3
73.1
69.5–76.3
72.3
66.6–77.3
73.5
70.1–76.7
48.3
36.1–60.7
43.3
27.1–61.1
58.3
39.3–75.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
82.8
80.1–85.2
80.2
76.2–83.6
84.2
81.0–87.0
50.5
40.9–60.1
49.7
39.0–60.4
55.4
42.6–67.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
82.7
79.3–85.7
81.5
76.4–85.7
83.3
80.1–86.1
29.9
22.6–38.4
24.9
16.2–36.2
38.8
23.2–57.1
78.9
75.1–82.2
77.0
67.3–84.4
79.3
75.2–82.8
93.2
90.3–95.2
92.0
87.9–94.8
96.6
92.8–98.5
63.5
56.6–69.9
68.0
60.0–75.1
61.9
54.1–69.2
83.2
81.2–85.0
80.1
76.3–83.4
84.8
82.7–86.6
90.9
85.5–94.4
89.0
82.0–93.5
95.0
84.0–98.6
Concerned about tobacco use among youth
School personnel
Schools included the prevention of tobacco use in their curriculum
School personnel
Specific training to help students avoid tobacco use is needed
School personnel
The WHO FCTC Indicators:
Global School Personnel Survey,
2006–2009
BANGLADESH (2007)
Indicators for Global School Personnel Survey
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
BHUTAN (2009)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
INDIA (2006)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
INDONESIA (2009)
%
Female
CI
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
MALDIVES (2007)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
The WHO FCTC Indicators: Global School Personnel
Survey, 2006–2009 reflects the pattern of tobacco
use by school personnel, their knowledge of and
attitudes towards tobacco. It also examines the
schools' policies with regard to tobacco use in the
Member countries of the WHO South-East Asia
Region. Schools are vital places for the development
Article 20-22: Scientific and technical
cooperation and communication of information
Tobacco use
Foreword
Ever smoked cigarettes
60.0
51.9–67.5
71.2
63.4–78.0
12.5
5.6–25.8
40.0
35.9–44.3
50.8
42.6–58.9
31.2
27.5–35.1
15.0
13.0–17.2
19.9
17.2–22.8
2.7
1.8–4.1
31.6
27.9–35.6
71.9
65.0–77.9
6.3
4.0–9.7
28.6
24.4–33.3
55.6
49.7–61.3
10.7
7.3–15.5
Current tobacco users
37.8
30.9–45.2
43.7
35.9–51.7
12.2
7.0–20.6
20.5
16.5–25.1
30.5
23.4–38.5
11.7
8.0–16.7
29.2
27.0–31.5
35.0
32.2–38.0
13.7
10.6–17.6
21.3
18.3–24.7
51.4
43.7–59.0
2.5
1.4–4.5
14.5
11.9–17.6
26.3
21.3–32.0
6.3
4.1–9.5
Current cigarette smokers
23.4
18.2–29.6
28.2
22.0–35.4
3.4
0.8–12.9
14.9
11.9–18.6
18.8
13.7–25.1
11.1
7.7–15.7
12.8
11.1–14.7
16.9
14.7–19.4
2.4
1.6–3.8
21.2
18.1–24.6
51.8
44.2–59.3
2.1
1.1–4.0
11.8
9.0–15.2
24.3
18.9–30.6
3.2
1.5–6.7
Currently using tobacco other than cigarettes
25.0
19.5–31.5
28.1
21.6–35.8
10.5
5.9–18.0
9.2
6.7–12.5
18.8
13.7–25.4
1.6
0.9–2.9
23.7
21.7–25.9
28.0
25.6–30.6
12.5
9.6–16.2
2.6
1.6–4.2
5.2
2.9–9.3
0.9
0.3–2.6
6.3
4.5–8.8
7.2
5.4–9.4
5.1
3.1–8.4
16.9
11.8–23.5
20.6
14.6–28.4
1.6
0.2–10.6
8.8
6.6–11.6
14.3
9.9–20.3
4.1
2.7–6.3
25.1
23.0–27.4
30.2
27.5–32.9
11.9
9.5–15.0
16.7
13.6–20.3
41.0
33.8–48.6
1.2
0.6–2.5
3.9
2.0–7.3
4.2
2.4–7.2
3.0
1.3–6.8
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
7.0–12.4
15.4
10.4–22.4
4.4
2.9–6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
11.7–18.4
39.8
32.4–47.6
0.7
0.2–2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
0.5–10.5
4.1*
0.7–19.5
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.7
16.1–36.0
44.4
29.7–60.2
3.8
1.2–11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Ever used tobacco on school property in the past year
School personnel
Smoked on school property in the past year
of positive lifestyles and the behaviours among young people.
Percentage of school personnel who are
Attitudes of teachers towards harmful substances such as tobacco
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
91.8
89.6–93.6
89.8
83.1–94.0
93.9
91.1–95.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
80.4
76.7–83.6
73.8
66.9–79.7
84.4
79.7–88.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
have a powerful impact on the minds of young people. Presenting and
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
6.4–10.4
10.2
6.0–16.9
6.1
4.1–8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.6
16.4–23.3
26.2
20.3–33.1
15.6
11.9–20.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
disseminating the findings of the tobacco survey for school personnel
Schools should have a policy prohibiting tobacco use among
would invariably help school authorities to plan and promote tobacco
Students
97.9
95.2–99.1
97.8
93.9–99.2
98.3
89.7–99.8
95.7
92.9–97.4
93.7
89.5–96.3
97.2
94.1–98.7
94.9
93.4–96.1
94.9
93.1–96.2
95.1
91.9–97.1
95.5
93.3–97.1
92.9
88.2–95.8
97.2
95.1–98.4
96.2
94.9–97.1
95.8
91.3–98.0
96.8
94.8–98.1
School personnel
97.0
94.2–98.4
96.6
92.7–98.5
98.4
89.3–99.8
90.7
86.8–93.5
87.4
81.7–91.5
93.2
89.0–95.9
95.2
93.8–96.3
95.9
94.1–97.1
93.7
90.9–95.6
84.9
80.0–88.8
80.2
71.3–86.9
88.0
82.4–92.0
96.0
94.7–97.0
93.5
91.1–95.3
97.7
96.3–98.6
Students
83.1
74.5–89.2
84.2
76.2–89.9
79.7
60.2–91.1
90.8
85.0–94.5
90.6
85.3–94.1
90.8
82.8–95.3
64.6
60.8–68.3
66.5
62.7–70.2
59.8
54.0–65.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
93.0
90.3–95.0
91.3
88.0–93.7
94.3
91.3–96.3
School personnel
65.9
55.4–75.1
67.6
56.1–77.2
58.4
42.4–72.8
73.4
68.9–77.4
70.0
65.0–74.5
76.0
68.3–82.3
55.2
51.3–59.2
56.1
52.2–59.9
53.0
47.0–59.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
88.7
84.3–92.0
86.9
81.7–90.8
89.9
85.0–93.3
Students
98.4
92.5–99.7
98.7
94.4–99.7
97.0
80.5–99.6
98.5
94.1–99.6
97.1
82.9–99.6
99.5
97.5–99.9
85.1
82.7–87.3
84.0
81.0–86.7
87.8
84.1–90.7
96.1
93.1–97.8
96.7
92.7–98.5
95.6
91.1–97.9
93.5
91.3–95.1
91.1
86.5–94.2
95.0
93.6–96.2
School personnel
96.1
92.8–97.9
96.4
92.9–98.2
95.0
80.0–98.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
77.8
73.7–81.5
76.0
71.3–80.2
79.0
73.2–83.8
49.8
39.3–60.4
47.3
35.8–59.2
61.2
44.2–75.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
34.5–41.9
38.7
34.9–42.6
36.7
30.6–43.4
73.6
66.7–79.5
72.3
61.6–80.9
74.8
68.8–80.1
control activities for their students.
Schools have a policy in place that prohibits tobacco use among
The Member States in the Region have conducted the Global School
policy planning and programme development for tobacco control in
schools. It also demonstrates the great commitment that Member
States have towards fulfilling their obligations to achieve the provisions
of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
It is hoped that the information in The WHO FCTC Indicators: Global
School Personnel Survey, 2006–2009 will provide impetus to the
tobacco control efforts in the Member countries as it contains useful
data on the important indicators of tobacco control. In addition to
disseminating the survey findings, this document will offer useful
direction to policy-makers and tobacco control managers to frame their
activities and programmes effectively.
Article 12: Education, communication, training and public awareness
Personnel Survey (GSPS) in order to make possible evidence-based
Schools enforce a policy on tobacco use among
Schools have a policy declaring it tobacco-free
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
Knowledge: smoke from others is harmful
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
96.4
93.0–98.2
96.2
91.0–98.4
96.5
93.6–98.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
97.1
95.7–98.1
95.5
92.5–97.3
98.1
96.1–99.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Had access to teaching-learning materials on tobacco use among youth and its prevention
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.4
42.7–50.1
50.4
43.2–57.7
42.7
37.6–48.0
34.4
30.6–38.5
35.0
31.0–39.3
32.9
26.1–40.5
39.1
32.8–45.7
38.6
30.7–47.2
39.8
32.6–47.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
5.1–9.0
7.5
5.3–10.5
6.3
4.6–8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
12.2–26.5
15.3
9.1–24.6
19.9
13.0–29.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
3.6–11.1
5.3
2.8–9.8
11.1
4.2–26.2
6.9
5.0–9.5
8.0
5.2–12.1
6.1
4.4–8.4
16.3
14.4–18.5
17.3
14.7–20.2
13.9
10.7–17.9
21.3
15.0–29.2
20.3
12.8–30.8
21.8
15.3–30.2
11.3
8.6–14.7
10.8
7.9–14.7
11.7
8.7–15.6
45.3
36.2–54.8
47.3
35.3–59.5
38.3
24.0–55.0
81.7
76.8–85.7
80.6
74.0–85.9
82.8
78.4–86.4
34.3
30.6–38.1
33.9
30.1–38.0
35.0
29.2–41.3
25.1
20.7–30.2
22.2
16.3–29.4
26.9
21.0–33.9
58.0
51.6–64.2
61.0
54.2–67.4
56.8
48.6–64.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
69.8
66.6–72.8
70.9
64.3–76.7
68.6
64.8–72.2
72.5
69.7–75.1
71.9
68.5–75.2
73.9
69.3–78.1
85.5
82.0–88.4
79.0
71.6–85.0
89.5
85.7–92.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
62.7
57.6–67.5
61.1
55.9–66.1
64.2
57.0–70.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
51.9
46.1–57.6
50.9
44.5–57.3
52.2
44.8–59.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
87.1
74.6–93.9
87.1
77.6–92.9
86.7
54.2–97.3
78.7
75.2–81.9
81.3
74.0–87.0
76.5
72.0–80.4
88.6
85.6–91.1
89.0
85.8–91.6
87.7
83.4–91.0
74.9
69.9–79.4
77.4
71.6–82.3
73.6
65.6–80.4
71.7
68.9–74.4
74.7
71.7–77.5
69.8
65.8–73.5
This WHO FCTC Indicators: Global School Personnel Survey, 2006–2009 contains
Global School Personnel Survey data from ten Member States of the WHO SouthEast Asia Region.
The rich data contained in this document will be useful to programme managers,
researchers, advocates and any relevant organizations or individuals for generating
credible evidence to promote tobacco control measures in the Region. In addition,
these data can help the Member countries plan further epidemiological studies.
Ever received training in preventing tobacco use among youth
Teachers
School personnel
Schools have nonclassroom programme for students on prevention of tobacco use
School personnel
Concerned about tobacco use among youth
School personnel
Schools included the prevention of tobacco use in their curriculum
Dr Samlee Plianbangchang
Regional Director
School personnel
Specific training to help students avoid tobacco use is needed
School personnel
S EA- To b a c c o - 4 2
World Health House
Indraprastha Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi - 110002, India
Website: http://www.searo.who.int/en/section2666.htm
MYANMAR (2007)
Indicators for Global School Personnel Survey
Technical notes and definitions
This document presents data from school personnel employed in schools. Ten Member States of the WHO South-East
Asia Region participated in the survey and provided data from 2006 to 2009.
Article 20-22: Scientific and technical
cooperation and communication of information
GSPS is composed of a core questionnaire designed to gather data on tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes of school
personnel toward tobacco, existence and effectiveness of tobacco control policies in schools, and training and materials
available for implementing tobacco prevention and control interventions.
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
TIMOR-LESTE (2009)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
Ever smoked cigarettes
14.2
12.0–16.6
66.7
60.1–72.8
4.6
2.9–7.0
37.7
30.6–45.3
48.5
39.7–57.3
4.9
2.1–11.1
16.2
13.1–19.8
48.9
38.7–59.2
3.7
2.5–5.4
23.1
20.8–25.7
55.5
51.1–59.8
6.7
4.8–9.2
47.3
41.0–53.7
66.7
58.2–74.2
7.3
2.6–18.9
Current tobacco users
12.0
8.5–16.7
57.2
50.6–63.6
3.7
2.6–5.4
27.1
22.5–32.2
35.8
29.7–42.4
1.1
0.2–5.3
7.5
5.4–10.3
20.5
13.8–29.4
2.3
1.4–3.9
10.8
8.7–13.4
26.6
21.6–32.1
2.9
1.6–5.0
36.1
29.3–43.5
49.4
39.7–59.2
6.3
2.1–17.5
Current cigarette smokers
6.3
4.2–9.5
36.4
28.9–44.7
0.8
0.4–1.9
17.0
12.4–22.7
22.3
15.9–30.4
0.8
0.1–6.2
4.6
3.5–6.2
14.6
10.6–19.7
0.6
0.2–1.7
9.2
7.3–11.6
24.6
19.8–30.1
1.4
0.7–3.1
40.1
33.4–47.2
57.6
46.7–67.8
5.7
1.8–16.8
Currently using tobacco other than cigarettes
11.3
8.0–15.9
54.8
48.7–60.6
3.4
2.4–4.9
21.4
17.2–26.3
28.3
23.2–34.1
1.1
0.2–5.3
4.9
3.1–7.8
11.9
6.0–22.2
2.0
1.1–3.6
5.2
3.7–7.2
11.8
8.1–16.9
1.8
1.0–3.2
3.9
1.8–8.7
3.8
1.0–13.1
4.4
1.2–15.2
5.4
3.0–9.4
27.8
17.7–41.0
1.3
0.8–1.9
7.3
4.5–11.5
9.0
5.4–14.7
1.9
0.6–6.4
1.8
1.3–2.6
3.0
1.4–6.3
1.1
0.6–1.9
8.8
7.3–10.5
21.4
17.3–26.2
2.4
1.0–5.4
26.2
19.1–34.9
35.4
24.1–48.6
5.8
1.9–16.2
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
6.8–10.1
21.6
17.0–27.1
2.4
1.0–5.5
23.9
16.8–32.9
35.2
23.8–48.6
0.3
0.0–2.8
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.6
9.2–28.1
20.1
11.1–33.7
2.4
0.9–6.5
40.5
23.6–59.9
36.4*
18.2–59.5
56.7*
13.9–91.4
Ever used tobacco on school property in the past year
School personnel
Smoked on school property in the past year
Percentage of school personnel who are
GSPS has the following domains:
l
Prevalence of tobacco use among school personnel.
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
94.5
93.5–95.4
86.9
84.9–88.8
98.3
97.5–98.9
85.9
80.2–90.1
83.7
76.5–89.0
90.3
81.2–95.3
l
Attitudes and knowledge of school personnel towards smoking.
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
4.6–6.5
13.1
11.2–15.1
1.7
1.1–2.5
14.1
9.9–19.8
16.3
11.0–23.5
9.7
4.7–18.8
l
Facilities and support available for smoking cessation.
Schools should have a policy prohibiting tobacco use among
l
Role and perception of school personnel toward cessation.
Students
98.8
96.3–99.6
93.9
79.8–98.3
99.7
99.4–99.9
98.5
96.9–99.2
98.0
95.8–99.0
100.0
–
92.0
90.4–93.3
92.4
88.1–95.3
91.9
89.7–93.6
96.8
95.7–97.6
96.1
93.6–97.6
97.1
96.1–97.9
88.5
82.2–92.8
87.6
80.8–92.2
90.0
77.6–95.9
l
Tobacco curriculum in schools.
School personnel
98.4
97.5–99.0
99.2
97.1–99.8
98.3
97.2–99.0
94.1
88.3–97.1
93.8
88.8–96.7
94.8
78.7–98.9
91.0
88.5–93.0
91.2
86.9–94.2
91.0
88.4–93.1
95.8
94.5–96.7
93.5
90.9–95.4
96.9
95.7–97.7
87.8
80.5–92.7
85.3
76.2–91.3
93.2
82.6–97.5
Students
98.5
97.0–99.2
97.0
92.3–98.9
98.7
97.4–99.4
84.8
80.0–88.6
82.8
78.0–86.8
90.7
81.7–95.5
71.7
65.1–77.4
76.3
70.0–81.6
69.7
61.6–76.7
91.0
89.0–92.7
89.0
85.3–91.9
92.1
90.0–93.7
92.2
87.6–95.2
92.8
87.5–95.9
90.3
79.1–95.8
School personnel
89.8
86.8–92.2
84.8
77.7–89.9
90.7
87.9–92.9
80.0
74.9–84.3
78.1
71.3–83.6
86.3
78.6–91.5
62.3
53.1–70.6
67.4
54.9–77.8
60.1
50.8–68.7
82.3
79.8–84.6
81.0
77.5–84.0
83.0
80.0–85.7
68.5
59.0–76.7
69.5
56.1–80.2
64.3
52.4–74.7
Students
99.4
98.1–99.8
98.8
92.6–99.8
99.5
98.6–99.8
96.4
93.0–98.2
96.2
92.3–98.2
97.1
91.8–99.0
75.9
67.8–82.5
81.3
72.7–87.7
73.7
64.9–81.0
99.6
99.1–99.9
99.7
99.2–99.9
99.6
98.7–99.9
69.1
55.9–79.7
69.4
55.3–80.6
69.3
46.7–85.3
School personnel
96.2
94.0–97.6
92.6
86.4–96.1
96.8
94.7–98.1
88.7
85.0–91.6
87.0
82.7–90.3
93.9
87.8–97.0
76.2
69.2–82.0
82.8
71.5–90.3
73.5
66.9–79.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
77.9
73.6–81.6
67.7
56.6–77.0
79.7
75.9–83.1
63.7
51.6–74.3
60.9
48.9–71.7
72.3
54.3–85.1
57.4
49.3–65.1
59.9
49.7–69.2
56.6
47.9–64.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
98.2
97.4–98.7
96.8
95.0–98.0
98.8
98.1–99.3
73.9
64.2–81.7
73.3
59.9–83.5
73.9
64.9–81.2
The GSPS indicators are categorized by domains and then coupled to the related Articles of the Framework
Convention, thus providing contextual information.
All related indicators are grouped according to their domains. However, Member States were free to adapt the
questionnaire according to their needs and resources. Hence, a dash (-) in a cell denotes the absence of certain
indicators in those countries.
n
Percentages reflect the prevalence of each indicator in each group, and not the distribution across groups.
n
* (star) indicates an estimate based on a sample size (n) less than 35 individuals.
n
CI refers to 95% confidence interval.
Definitions of Indicators:
School personnel
n
Current cigarette smoking
n
Current use of tobacco products
other than cigarettes
Support for a ban on smoking
n
n
Knowledge
n
Tobacco education in schools
n
Training for school personnel
n
School personnel refer to teachers and administrators who were employed by a
participating school during the survey.
School personnel who smoked cigarettes on at least one day during the
month preceding the survey.
School personnel who used tobacco products other than cigarettes on
at least one day during the month preceding the survey.
School personnel who reported that they support a ban on smoking for
students and school personnel.
School personnel who knew about the harmful effects of smoking and a
policy that prohibits tobacco use in schools.
School personnel who responded "yes" to having been trained in preventing
tobacco use among youth.
School personnel who thought specific training is required to prevent tobacco
use among students.
Acknowledgement: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta for their
technical and financial support.
Schools have a policy in place that prohibits tobacco use among
Article 12: Education, communication, training and public awareness
n
Total
CI
THAILAND (2009)
Tobacco use
The Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) is a school-based survey of administrators, teachers and school personnel
intended to collect information among these professionals. It will help Member countries to monitor tobacco control
efforts and to better school personnel training regarding tobacco control. Also, GSPS can be used to evaluate the
implementation of the provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control regarding training and
awareness among school personnel.
n
%
SRI LANKA (2007)
Schools enforce a policy on tobacco use among
Schools have a policy declaring it tobacco-free
School personnel
Knowledge: smoke from others is harmful
School personnel
Had access to teaching-learning materials on tobacco use among youth and its prevention
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.9
43.1–48.7
45.7
41.7–49.7
46.0
42.5–49.6
47.6
37.8–57.7
43.2
33.5–53.5
55.4
39.3–70.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.6
31.0–38.4
41.1
36.1–46.2
31.6
27.6–35.9
19.6
12.9–28.7
18.0
10.7–28.5
19.2
10.0–33.5
32.1
26.0–39.0
23.4
13.8–36.8
33.7
26.9–41.3
12.6
8.6–18.1
12.3
8.3–17.8
13.5
7.6–22.9
8.4
6.2–11.4
12.0
8.2–17.1
6.9
5.1–9.3
35.6
32.2–39.1
42.5
38.1–47.0
32.0
28.3–36.1
19.5
12.8–28.5
16.3
9.6–26.4
23.4
13.1–38.3
Ever received training in preventing tobacco use among youth
Teachers
School personnel
Schools have nonclassroom programme for students on prevention of tobacco use
School personnel
77.5
69.8–83.6
71.4
61.2–79.8
78.6
71.0–84.6
45.0
39.4–50.7
41.5
32.5–51.0
56.0
46.1–65.4
43.3
33.6–53.5
50.4
39.6–61.1
40.4
30.4–51.3
73.1
69.5–76.3
72.3
66.6–77.3
73.5
70.1–76.7
48.3
36.1–60.7
43.3
27.1–61.1
58.3
39.3–75.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
82.8
80.1–85.2
80.2
76.2–83.6
84.2
81.0–87.0
50.5
40.9–60.1
49.7
39.0–60.4
55.4
42.6–67.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
82.7
79.3–85.7
81.5
76.4–85.7
83.3
80.1–86.1
29.9
22.6–38.4
24.9
16.2–36.2
38.8
23.2–57.1
78.9
75.1–82.2
77.0
67.3–84.4
79.3
75.2–82.8
93.2
90.3–95.2
92.0
87.9–94.8
96.6
92.8–98.5
63.5
56.6–69.9
68.0
60.0–75.1
61.9
54.1–69.2
83.2
81.2–85.0
80.1
76.3–83.4
84.8
82.7–86.6
90.9
85.5–94.4
89.0
82.0–93.5
95.0
84.0–98.6
Concerned about tobacco use among youth
School personnel
Schools included the prevention of tobacco use in their curriculum
School personnel
Specific training to help students avoid tobacco use is needed
School personnel
The WHO FCTC Indicators:
Global School Personnel Survey,
2006–2009
BANGLADESH (2007)
Indicators for Global School Personnel Survey
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
BHUTAN (2009)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
INDIA (2006)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
INDONESIA (2009)
%
Female
CI
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
MALDIVES (2007)
%
Female
CI
%
Total
CI
%
Male
CI
%
Female
CI
The WHO FCTC Indicators: Global School Personnel
Survey, 2006–2009 reflects the pattern of tobacco
use by school personnel, their knowledge of and
attitudes towards tobacco. It also examines the
schools' policies with regard to tobacco use in the
Member countries of the WHO South-East Asia
Region. Schools are vital places for the development
Article 20-22: Scientific and technical
cooperation and communication of information
Tobacco use
Foreword
Ever smoked cigarettes
60.0
51.9–67.5
71.2
63.4–78.0
12.5
5.6–25.8
40.0
35.9–44.3
50.8
42.6–58.9
31.2
27.5–35.1
15.0
13.0–17.2
19.9
17.2–22.8
2.7
1.8–4.1
31.6
27.9–35.6
71.9
65.0–77.9
6.3
4.0–9.7
28.6
24.4–33.3
55.6
49.7–61.3
10.7
7.3–15.5
Current tobacco users
37.8
30.9–45.2
43.7
35.9–51.7
12.2
7.0–20.6
20.5
16.5–25.1
30.5
23.4–38.5
11.7
8.0–16.7
29.2
27.0–31.5
35.0
32.2–38.0
13.7
10.6–17.6
21.3
18.3–24.7
51.4
43.7–59.0
2.5
1.4–4.5
14.5
11.9–17.6
26.3
21.3–32.0
6.3
4.1–9.5
Current cigarette smokers
23.4
18.2–29.6
28.2
22.0–35.4
3.4
0.8–12.9
14.9
11.9–18.6
18.8
13.7–25.1
11.1
7.7–15.7
12.8
11.1–14.7
16.9
14.7–19.4
2.4
1.6–3.8
21.2
18.1–24.6
51.8
44.2–59.3
2.1
1.1–4.0
11.8
9.0–15.2
24.3
18.9–30.6
3.2
1.5–6.7
Currently using tobacco other than cigarettes
25.0
19.5–31.5
28.1
21.6–35.8
10.5
5.9–18.0
9.2
6.7–12.5
18.8
13.7–25.4
1.6
0.9–2.9
23.7
21.7–25.9
28.0
25.6–30.6
12.5
9.6–16.2
2.6
1.6–4.2
5.2
2.9–9.3
0.9
0.3–2.6
6.3
4.5–8.8
7.2
5.4–9.4
5.1
3.1–8.4
16.9
11.8–23.5
20.6
14.6–28.4
1.6
0.2–10.6
8.8
6.6–11.6
14.3
9.9–20.3
4.1
2.7–6.3
25.1
23.0–27.4
30.2
27.5–32.9
11.9
9.5–15.0
16.7
13.6–20.3
41.0
33.8–48.6
1.2
0.6–2.5
3.9
2.0–7.3
4.2
2.4–7.2
3.0
1.3–6.8
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
7.0–12.4
15.4
10.4–22.4
4.4
2.9–6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
11.7–18.4
39.8
32.4–47.6
0.7
0.2–2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
0.5–10.5
4.1*
0.7–19.5
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.7
16.1–36.0
44.4
29.7–60.2
3.8
1.2–11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Ever used tobacco on school property in the past year
School personnel
Smoked on school property in the past year
of positive lifestyles and the behaviours among young people.
Percentage of school personnel who are
Attitudes of teachers towards harmful substances such as tobacco
Teachers
–
–
–
–
–
–
91.8
89.6–93.6
89.8
83.1–94.0
93.9
91.1–95.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
80.4
76.7–83.6
73.8
66.9–79.7
84.4
79.7–88.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
have a powerful impact on the minds of young people. Presenting and
Administrators
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
6.4–10.4
10.2
6.0–16.9
6.1
4.1–8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.6
16.4–23.3
26.2
20.3–33.1
15.6
11.9–20.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
disseminating the findings of the tobacco survey for school personnel
Schools should have a policy prohibiting tobacco use among
would invariably help school authorities to plan and promote tobacco
Students
97.9
95.2–99.1
97.8
93.9–99.2
98.3
89.7–99.8
95.7
92.9–97.4
93.7
89.5–96.3
97.2
94.1–98.7
94.9
93.4–96.1
94.9
93.1–96.2
95.1
91.9–97.1
95.5
93.3–97.1
92.9
88.2–95.8
97.2
95.1–98.4
96.2
94.9–97.1
95.8
91.3–98.0
96.8
94.8–98.1
School personnel
97.0
94.2–98.4
96.6
92.7–98.5
98.4
89.3–99.8
90.7
86.8–93.5
87.4
81.7–91.5
93.2
89.0–95.9
95.2
93.8–96.3
95.9
94.1–97.1
93.7
90.9–95.6
84.9
80.0–88.8
80.2
71.3–86.9
88.0
82.4–92.0
96.0
94.7–97.0
93.5
91.1–95.3
97.7
96.3–98.6
Students
83.1
74.5–89.2
84.2
76.2–89.9
79.7
60.2–91.1
90.8
85.0–94.5
90.6
85.3–94.1
90.8
82.8–95.3
64.6
60.8–68.3
66.5
62.7–70.2
59.8
54.0–65.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
93.0
90.3–95.0
91.3
88.0–93.7
94.3
91.3–96.3
School personnel
65.9
55.4–75.1
67.6
56.1–77.2
58.4
42.4–72.8
73.4
68.9–77.4
70.0
65.0–74.5
76.0
68.3–82.3
55.2
51.3–59.2
56.1
52.2–59.9
53.0
47.0–59.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
88.7
84.3–92.0
86.9
81.7–90.8
89.9
85.0–93.3
Students
98.4
92.5–99.7
98.7
94.4–99.7
97.0
80.5–99.6
98.5
94.1–99.6
97.1
82.9–99.6
99.5
97.5–99.9
85.1
82.7–87.3
84.0
81.0–86.7
87.8
84.1–90.7
96.1
93.1–97.8
96.7
92.7–98.5
95.6
91.1–97.9
93.5
91.3–95.1
91.1
86.5–94.2
95.0
93.6–96.2
School personnel
96.1
92.8–97.9
96.4
92.9–98.2
95.0
80.0–98.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
77.8
73.7–81.5
76.0
71.3–80.2
79.0
73.2–83.8
49.8
39.3–60.4
47.3
35.8–59.2
61.2
44.2–75.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
34.5–41.9
38.7
34.9–42.6
36.7
30.6–43.4
73.6
66.7–79.5
72.3
61.6–80.9
74.8
68.8–80.1
control activities for their students.
Schools have a policy in place that prohibits tobacco use among
The Member States in the Region have conducted the Global School
policy planning and programme development for tobacco control in
schools. It also demonstrates the great commitment that Member
States have towards fulfilling their obligations to achieve the provisions
of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
It is hoped that the information in The WHO FCTC Indicators: Global
School Personnel Survey, 2006–2009 will provide impetus to the
tobacco control efforts in the Member countries as it contains useful
data on the important indicators of tobacco control. In addition to
disseminating the survey findings, this document will offer useful
direction to policy-makers and tobacco control managers to frame their
activities and programmes effectively.
Article 12: Education, communication, training and public awareness
Personnel Survey (GSPS) in order to make possible evidence-based
Schools enforce a policy on tobacco use among
Schools have a policy declaring it tobacco-free
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
Knowledge: smoke from others is harmful
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
96.4
93.0–98.2
96.2
91.0–98.4
96.5
93.6–98.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
97.1
95.7–98.1
95.5
92.5–97.3
98.1
96.1–99.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Had access to teaching-learning materials on tobacco use among youth and its prevention
School personnel
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.4
42.7–50.1
50.4
43.2–57.7
42.7
37.6–48.0
34.4
30.6–38.5
35.0
31.0–39.3
32.9
26.1–40.5
39.1
32.8–45.7
38.6
30.7–47.2
39.8
32.6–47.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
5.1–9.0
7.5
5.3–10.5
6.3
4.6–8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
12.2–26.5
15.3
9.1–24.6
19.9
13.0–29.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
3.6–11.1
5.3
2.8–9.8
11.1
4.2–26.2
6.9
5.0–9.5
8.0
5.2–12.1
6.1
4.4–8.4
16.3
14.4–18.5
17.3
14.7–20.2
13.9
10.7–17.9
21.3
15.0–29.2
20.3
12.8–30.8
21.8
15.3–30.2
11.3
8.6–14.7
10.8
7.9–14.7
11.7
8.7–15.6
45.3
36.2–54.8
47.3
35.3–59.5
38.3
24.0–55.0
81.7
76.8–85.7
80.6
74.0–85.9
82.8
78.4–86.4
34.3
30.6–38.1
33.9
30.1–38.0
35.0
29.2–41.3
25.1
20.7–30.2
22.2
16.3–29.4
26.9
21.0–33.9
58.0
51.6–64.2
61.0
54.2–67.4
56.8
48.6–64.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
69.8
66.6–72.8
70.9
64.3–76.7
68.6
64.8–72.2
72.5
69.7–75.1
71.9
68.5–75.2
73.9
69.3–78.1
85.5
82.0–88.4
79.0
71.6–85.0
89.5
85.7–92.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
62.7
57.6–67.5
61.1
55.9–66.1
64.2
57.0–70.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
51.9
46.1–57.6
50.9
44.5–57.3
52.2
44.8–59.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
87.1
74.6–93.9
87.1
77.6–92.9
86.7
54.2–97.3
78.7
75.2–81.9
81.3
74.0–87.0
76.5
72.0–80.4
88.6
85.6–91.1
89.0
85.8–91.6
87.7
83.4–91.0
74.9
69.9–79.4
77.4
71.6–82.3
73.6
65.6–80.4
71.7
68.9–74.4
74.7
71.7–77.5
69.8
65.8–73.5
This WHO FCTC Indicators: Global School Personnel Survey, 2006–2009 contains
Global School Personnel Survey data from ten Member States of the WHO SouthEast Asia Region.
The rich data contained in this document will be useful to programme managers,
researchers, advocates and any relevant organizations or individuals for generating
credible evidence to promote tobacco control measures in the Region. In addition,
these data can help the Member countries plan further epidemiological studies.
Ever received training in preventing tobacco use among youth
Teachers
School personnel
Schools have nonclassroom programme for students on prevention of tobacco use
School personnel
Concerned about tobacco use among youth
School personnel
Schools included the prevention of tobacco use in their curriculum
Dr Samlee Plianbangchang
Regional Director
School personnel
Specific training to help students avoid tobacco use is needed
School personnel
S EA- To b a c c o - 4 2
World Health House
Indraprastha Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi - 110002, India
Website: http://www.searo.who.int/en/section2666.htm