Health Care : Current Reviews

Results of the global youth tobacco survey and implementation of WHO framework convention on tobacco control in former Soviet Union countries

4^th Global Summit on Healthcare

November 09-10, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Gulnoza Usmanova

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Objectives: We used data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) to monitor articles of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Methods: The GYTS is a school-based survey, which uses a two-stage sample design to produce representative, independent, cross-sectional estimates. The GYTS was conducted in 10 out of 12 FSU countries from 1999 to 2008. Results: The prevalence of ever smoking and current smoking, smoking initiation and exposure to second-handsmoking decreased over time. Overall, willingness to stop smoking, supporting smoking bans and receiving information about the dangers of smoking increased over time. Conclusions: Overall, our study shows that FSU countries had positive changes in tobacco-use prevalence and perception among youth over time. Our findings should be used as baseline measure for future tobacco-control interventions aimed at reducing tobacco use among youth. Moreover, our results call for the enforcement of restricting advertising for tobacco products.

Biography :

Email: u.gulnoza@gmail.com