Anti-smoking initiatives and current smoking among 19,643 adolescents in South Asia: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents by smoking status (GYTS): Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal

Factor	Non-smoker (n = 18,587)		Current smoker (n = 1,056)		p value^a
Factor	n	%	n	%	p value^a
Gender
Male	9,988	53.7	847	80.2	<0.001
Female	8,599	46.3	209	19.8
Age (years)
≤ 14	12,218	65.7	582	55.1	<0.001
15–17	6,369	34.3	474	44.9
Family discussed about harmful effects of smoking
Yes	11,607	62.4	602	57	<0.001
No	6,980	37.6	454	43
Frequency of anti-smoking messages seen on media
A lot	9,221	49.6	335	33.6	<0.001
A few	5,527	29.7	412	39
None	3,839	20.7	289	27.4
Frequency of anti-smoking messages seen at social gatherings
A lot	5,044	27.1	305	28.9	<0.001
Sometimes	6,530	35.1	531	50.3
Never	2,536	13.6	108	10.2
I never go	4,477	24.1	112	10.6
Taught dangers of smoking at school
Yes	10,169	54.7	438	41.5	<0.001
No	6,625	35.6	488	46.2
Not sure	1,793	9.6	130	12.3
Discussed at school about why people of the respondent's age smoke
Yes	6,998	37.6	413	39.1	0.388
No	9,220	49.6	501	47.4
Not sure	2,369	12.7	142	7.00
When was last discussed about smoking and health as part of a lesson
This term	4,170	22.4	213	20.2	<0.001
Previous terms	5,611	30.2	453	42.9
Never	8,806	47.4	390	36.9

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