Table 1: Percent of students who use tobacco, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Ever Smoked Cigarettes, Even One or Two Puffs | Current Use | Never Smokers & Susceptible to Initiating Smoking | ||
| Any Tobacco Product | Cigarettes | Other Tobacco Products | |||
| Total | 77.3 (±2.3) | 41.2 (±2.9) | 41.1 (±2.9) | 8.0 (±1.1) | 26.3 (±3.7) |
| Sex | |||||
| Boy | 84.0 (±2.3) | 46.1 (±4.0) | 46.8 (±4.0) | 9.9 (±1.6) | 19.4 (±4.1) |
| Girl | 69.1 (±3.4) | 34.6 (±3.1) | 33.8 (±3.4) | 5.6 (±1.3) | 29.6 (±4.5) |
Table 2: School Curriculum, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Percent taught dangers of smoking | Percent discussed reasons why people their age smoke |
| Total | 51.6 (±4.3) | 36.1 (±3.8) |
| Sex | ||
| Boy | 50.9 (±4.4) | 34.7 (±4.2) |
| Girl | 52.6 (±5.1) | 37.2 (±4.2) |
Table 3: Cessation, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Current Smokers | |
| Percent desire to stop | Percent tried to stop this year | |
| Total | 58.0 (±2.8) | 62.3 (±3.0) |
| Sex | ||
| Boy | 65.1 (±3.9) | 66.7 (±3.9) |
| Girl | 45.9 (±3.3) | 54.6 (±4.4) |
Table 4: Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Exposed to smoke from others in their home | Exposed to smoke from others in public places | Percent think smoking should be banned from public places | Definitely think smoke from others is harmful to them | ||||
| Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | |
| Total | 35.0 (±3.4) | 59.2 (±2.4) | 57.4 (±3.3) | 89.3 (±1.9) | 85.4 (±2.2) | 45.6 (±3.3) | 58.3 (±3.5) | 45.0 (±2.8) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Boy | 33.1 (±5.5) | 59.6 (±3.3) | 62.6 (±4.9) | 89.6 (±2.1) | 85.6 (±2.6) | 45.3 (±4.2) | 56.4 (±5.6) | 45.3 (±3.5) |
| Girl | 62.6 (±4.9) | 57.9 (±3.9) | 54.4 (±4.2) | 89.1 (±3.2) | 85.5 (±3.0) | 44.5 (±5.0) | 59.8 (±3.9) | 45.1 (±4.4) |
Table 5: Knowledge and Attitudes, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Think that smoking cigarettes help people feel more comfortable at celebration parties and social gathering | Never Smokers who think a person who smokes around should ask permission | Never Smokers who do not allow someone smoke if they ask permission | Think smoking makes boys look more attractive | Think smoking makes girls look more attractive | |||
| Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | |||
| Total | 39.0 (±3.7) | 14.5 (±2.1) | 84.9 (±3.2) | 56.9 (±4.2) | 5.5 (±1.6) | 13.4 (±2.3) | 2.1 (±1.1) | 5.7 (±1.5) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Boy | 44.6 (±7.0) | 16.2 (±2.9) | 87.2 (±4.8) | 56.6 (±5.6) | 4.6 (±2.6) | 12.7 (±2.6) | 1.5 (±2.0) | 6.3 (±2.0) |
| Girl | 36.0 (±4.9) | 11.5 (±2.2) | 83.9 (±3.9) | 57.3 (±5.5) | 5.6 (±2.0) | 14.3 (±3.8) | 2.3 (±1.2) | 4.7 (±1.9) |
Table 6: Media and Advertising, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Percent Saw Anti-Smoking Media Messages | Percent Saw Pro-Tobacco Messages in Newspapers and Magazines | Percent Who Had Object With a Cigarette Brand Logo On It | Percent Offered "Free" Cigarettes by a Tobacco Company | Percent who think tobacco advertising should be strictly restricted or totally banned | ||||
| Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Current Smokers | Non- Current Smokers | ||
| Total | 78.7 (±1.8) | 86.7 (±2.8) | 87.6 (±1.9) | 21.7 (±2.5) | 29.3 (±2.5) | 5.5 (±1.7) | 11.0 (±1.9) | 66.2 (±1.5) | 85.4(±0.9) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Boy | 77.6 (±2.5) | 82.8 (±4.2) | 84.9 (±2.6) | 21.8 (±4.9) | 29.6 (±3.1) | 5.8 (±3.0) | 11.5 (±2.5) | 65.9(±1.8) | 85.1(±1.3) |
| Girl | 80.4 (±2.0) | 89.2 (±3.1) | 91.3 (±2.1) | 21.5 (±3.1) | 28.7 (±4.1) | 5.4 (±2.0) | 9.7 (±2.7) | 67.4(±2.7) | 85.8 (±1.3) |
Table 7: Access and Availability, Ukraine GYTS, 1999
| Category | Percent Current Smokers who Usually Smoke at public places | Percent Current Smokers who Purchased Cigarettes in a Store | Percent Current Smokers Who Bought Cigarettes in a Store Who Were Not Refused Because of Their Age | Percent Current Smokers Who paid more than two hryvnas per pack of cigarettes |
| Total | 43.2 (±3.6) | 39.2 (±3.7) | 93.5 (±1.4) | 50.4 (±3.7) |
| Sex | ||||
| Boy | 45.2 (±3.7) | 39.5 (±4.5) | 92.1 (±1.8) | 41.9(±4.4) |
| Girl | 40.3 (±5.2) | 39.0 (±6.3) | 95.2 (±1.7) | 64.5 (±4.7) |
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