Global Youth Tobacco Survey

Why in news?

• More than 29% of students in India were exposed to second-hand smoke, said the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4) released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

Global Youth Tobacco Survey:

• Global Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted in 2019 by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) under the MoHFW
• The survey was designed to produce national estimates of tobacco use among school going children aged 13-15 years at the state level and Union Territory (UT) by sex, location of school (rural-urban), and management of school (public-private)
• The first three rounds of GYTS were conducted in 2003, 2006 and 2009.
• GYTS-4  provide information on tobacco use, cessation, second-hand smoke, access and availability, exposure to anti-tobacco information, awareness and receptivity to tobacco marketing, knowledge, and attitudes

Key Findings

• More than 29% of students in India were exposed to second-hand smoke.
• Decline in Tobacco Use:
  • There has been a 42% decline in tobacco use among 13-15-year-old schoolchildren in the past decade. 
• Gender Based Usage:
  • Use of any form of tobacco was higher among boys. Prevalence of tobacco use among boys was 9.6% and among girls was 7.4%.
• State Wise Data:
  • States with highest use among school children are Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram 
  • States with lowest use among school children are  Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. 

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4 was conducted by

(a) National Sample Survey Office

(b) International Institute for Population Sciences

(c) National Family Health Survey

(d) CARE India Foundation

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