Table 4.
Attributes related to cigarette smoking among current smokers* by age – 2006 Cyprus Global Youth Tobacco Survey
| Attribute | Proportion (95% Confidence Interval) | |||||
| Overall (n = 2,252) |
13 years old or younger (n = 209) |
14 years old (n = 263) |
15 years old (n = 441) |
16 years old (n = 530) |
17 years old or older (n = 809) |
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| Access and Availability | ||||||
| Buy cigarettes in a store | 61.0 (57.8, 64.2) | 44.5 (38.3, 50.8) | 46.2 (40.9, 51.5) | 57.5 (50.2, 64.7) | 61.9 (57.1, 66.7) | 69.1 (65.9, 72.3) |
| Not refused purchase because of their age | 95.3 (94.0, 96.6) | 85.8 (76.2, 95.5) | 89.3 (83.5, 95.1) | 94.6 (92.0, 97.2) | 95.1 (92.2, 98.1) | 97.7 (96.0, 99.3) |
| Cessation | ||||||
| Want to stop smoking | 46.7 (42.7, 50.7) | 43.1 (34.6, 51.6) | 42.5 (33.6, 51.4) | 51.0 (45.0, 57.1) | 48.8 (43.7, 53.8) | 45.4 (39.7, 51.0) |
| Tried to stop smoking during the past year | 60.9 (57.0, 64.7) | 63.1 (53.2, 72.9) | 60.9 (54.5, 67.3) | 62.7 (56.6, 68.9) | 63.5 (53.5, 73.5) | 58.2 (55.6, 60.9) |
| Have ever received help to stop smoking | 70.7 (68.1, 73.4) | 66.7 (55.3, 78.1) | 70.1 (65.6, 74.6) | 70.5 (66.1, 74.9) | 72.4 (67.3, 77.6) | 70.8 (67.0, 74.5) |
| Have of feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning | 28.2 (26.0, 30.3) | 21.5 (14.0, 29.0) | 24.8 (16.9, 32.8) | 23.8 (17.8, 29.7) | 23.9 (18.4, 29.5) | 34.2 (30.7, 37.7) |
*Current smoking is defined as having smoked on 1 or more days of the past 30 days