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. 2006 Jun;15(Suppl 2):ii20–ii30. doi: 10.1136/tc.2006.015693

Table 4 Attitudes toward tobacco control, Global School Personnel Survey, 2000–2005.

Year Country Site Very concerned about youth tobacco use Strongly agreed school personnel should set a good example by not using tobacco Strongly agreed school personnel who use tobacco are less likely to advise their students to stop using tobacco Strongly agreed that school personnel should get specific training to be able to teach students how to avoid or stop using tobacco
African Region
2001 Niger Niamey 70.8 (65.4 to 75.8) 90.2 (87.2 to 92.6) 80.0 (75.9 to 83.5) 82.2 (78.4 to 85.4)
Region of the Americas 59.5 (44.3 to 73.2) 77.9 (71.1 to 83.5) 55.9 (38.1 to 72.4) 84.6 (77.5 to 89.5)
2004 Dominica Country 57.7 (50.5 to 64.5) 80.8 (72.8 to 86.9) 63.6 (53.4 to 72.7) 48.9 (41.9 to 55.9)
2004 Guyana National 74.7 (69.6 to 79.2) 89.5 (85.0 to 92.8) 58.6 (52.9 to 64.0) 67.3 (62.9 to 71.4)
2004 Mexico Mexico City 58.4 (42.1 to 73.0) 76.9 (70.1 to 82.5) 55.7 (36.7 to 73.1) 87.3 (80.0 to 92.2)
2004 Suriname Country 69.7 (67.4 to 71.9) 92.0 (88.8 to 94.3) 65.2 (58.6 to 71.4) 48.0 (43.0 to 53.1)
2001 Uruguay Colonia 62.8 (47.2 to 76.1) 82.5 (52.8 to 95.2) 45.3 (25.4 to 66.8) 56.8 (50.1 to 63.3)
2001 Uruguay Maldonado 61.4 (54.1 to 68.2) 74.9 (68.2 to 80.6) 43.4 (35.2 to 51.9) 59.7 (51.2 to 67.7)
2001 Uruguay Rivera 66.9 (61.0 to 72.4) 83.8 (70.6 to 91.7) 54.3 (45.7 to 62.7) 74.0 (69.9 to 77.7)
Eastern Mediterranean Region 65.3 (60.7 to 91.0) 87.5 (82.4 to 91.0) 59.6 (52.7 to 65.9) 73.6 (67.7 to 78.5)
2001 Gaza Strip‐West Bank West Bank 82.9 (80.1 to 85.4) 83.6 (80.6 to 86.3) 50.9 (48.3 to 53.4) 57.5 (55.1 to 59.8)
2001 Gaza Strip‐West Bank Gaza Strip 86.9 (83.8 to 89.4) 90.4 (87.5 to 92.7) 53.8 (49.0 to 58.5) 65.3 (61.0 to 69.3)
2003 Jordan Country 60.3 (55.8 to 64.6) 78.6 (75.1 to 81.7) 39.2 (34.2 to 44.5) 62.2 (57.8 to 66.4)
2001 Kuwait Country 66.4 (64.2 to 68.6) 88.3 (85.9 to 90.4) 48.7 (45.2 to 52.2) 66.5 (62.7 to 70.2)
2001 Lebanon Country 58.4 (55.2 to 61.6) 72.8 (67.6 to 77.5) 32.3 (27.2 to 37.8) 88.9 (83.0 to 93.0)
2003 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Country 71.2 (66.3 to 75.7) 92.5 (90.5 to 94.1) 69.9 (64.1 to 75.2) 84.4 (81.2 to 87.1)
2002 Oman Country 66.0 (61.9 to 69.8) 95.1 (93.7 to 96.3) 67.3 (61.4 to 72.7) 70.0 (65.4 to 74.2)
2004 Pakistan Islamabad 82.7 (78.2 to 86.5) 88.1 (82.2 to 92.2) 55.4 (49.4 to 61.1) 84.5 (78.5 to 89.1)
2004 Pakistan Lahore 88.9 (84.5 to 92.2) 92.2 (87.3 to 95.3) 66.7 (56.3 to 75.7) 86.0 (78.7 to 91.1)
2004 Pakistan Quetta 78.9 (73.8 to 83.2) 90.8 (87.5 to 93.2) 65.4 (56.5 to 73.3) 88.4 (84.3 to 91.5)
2004 Pakistan Kasur 83.8 (72.3 to 91.1) 85.7 (77.9 to 91.1) 63.3 (53.3 to 72.3) 79.4 (67.6 to 87.7)
2004 Pakistan Peshawar 90.5 (84.5 to 94.4) 94.4 (89.3 to 97.1) 64.4 (53.5 to 73.9) 90.3 (84.5 to 94.1)
2005 Qatar Girls' Schools 61.6 (56.3 to 66.6) 96.6 (95.4 to 97.6) 56.8 (48.2 to 65.0) 81.5 (75.7 to 86.1)
2005 Qatar Boys' Schools 65.4 (61.0 to 69.6) 86.8 (80.0 to 91.6) 42.0 (36.1 to 48.2) 62.7 (58.2 to 67.0)
2002 Saudi Arabia Boys' Schools 71.3 (68.2 to 74.2) 90.6 (85.9 to 93.9) 49.5 (42.4 to 56.5) 61.8 (56.3 to 67.0)
2004 Somalia Somaliland 72.8 (54.5 to 85.7) 59.0 (37.8 to 77.4) 45.1 (28.0 to 63.4) 67.1 (52.0 to 79.4)
2001 Sudan Country 68.3 (63.2 to 73.0) 92.8 (85.9 to 96.5) 78.0 (69.8 to 84.5) 78.2 (71.0 to 84.0)
2002 Syrian Arab Republic Country 53.3 (50.1 to 56.4) 84.3 (81.5 to 86.8) 43.9 (39.1 to 48.9) 69.1 (64.3 to 73.5)
2001 Tunisia Country 40.5 (37.8 to 43.3) 82.9 (80.4 to 85.1) 42.4 (38.0 to 46.8) 64.7 (61.3 to 68.0)
European Region 63.1 (58.6 to 67.3) 73.3 (70.3 to 76.1) 37.5 (34.2 to 41.0) 38.2 (34.7 to 41.9)
2004 Belarus Country 77.4* 84.6* 40.3* 42.9*
2002 Bulgaria Country 33.4 (30.5 to 36.4) 59.4 (56.3 to 62.4) 34.5 (31.2 to 37.8) 38.4 (35.2 to 41.7)
2002 Czech Republic Country 70.1 (65.8 to 74.1) 61.9 (57.7 to 66.0) 30.6 (27.0 to 34.6) 21.9 (18.8 to 25.3)
2004 Kazakhstan Country 71.4 (66.1 to 76.1) 89.0 (86.8 to 90.9) 47.7 (44.8 to 50.7) 53.8 (50.5 to 57.1)
2002 Russian Federation Sarov 80.5 (77.3 to 83.4) 85.4 (82.5 to 87.9) 45.5 (39.6 to 51.6) 53.4 (47.6 to 59.1)
2003 Slovakia Country 57.6 (54.0 to 61.0) 53.0 (49.2 to 56.8) 25.0 (22.5 to 27.7) 17.1 (14.5 to 20.0)
2004 Slovenia Country 21.0 (18.6 to 23.5) 64.5 (61.8 to 67.1) 26.5 (24.5 to 28.6) 37.2 (34.2 to 40.4)
South‐East Asia Region 65.9 (59.3 to 72.0) 89.1 (84.0 to 92.7) 69.1 (61.5 to 75.7) 82.2 (76.4 to 86.6)
2000 India Calcutta 49.6 (44.1 to 55.1) 80.2 (76.0 to 83.8) 55.0 (49.6 to 60.4) 70.5 (65.0 to 75.5)
2000 India Maharashtra 32.7 (28.1 to 37.7) 94.9 (91.7 to 96.8) 55.5 (49.7 to 61.2) 88.7 (84.7 to 91.8)
2001 India Nagaland 48.6 (41.5 to 55.7) 73.7 (62.9 to 82.2) 57.7 (51.6 to 63.7) 66.6 (57.0 to 75.0)
2001 India Bihar 81.5 (77.3 to 85.1) 90.9 (88.1 to 93.0) 83.3 (75.4 to 89.1) 94.8 (91.8 to 96.8)
2001 India Assam 35.4 (27.2 to 44.7) 65.5 (58.9 to 71.5) 40.3 (32.6 to 48.5) 63.9 (56.6 to 70.7)
2001 India Manipur 19.7 (7.4 to 42.7) 33.5 (19.7 to 50.9) 29.4 (16.0 to 47.8) 30.9 (16.9 to 49.5)
2001 India Meghalaya 32.9 (22.3 to 45.6) 48.9 (31.6 to 66.5) 40.3 (26.9 to 55.3) 43.5 (27.5 to 60.9)
2001 India Arunachal Pradesh 45.7 (36.3 to 55.4) 66.4 (55.0 to 76.2) 51.3 (43.5 to 59.1) 67.6 (54.5 to 78.4)
2001 India Tripura 37.5 (30.5 to 45.1) 69.9 (57.6 to 79.9) 58.4 (47.3 to 68.6) 62.5 (54.4 to 69.9)
2001 India Mizoram 43.4 (36.5 to 50.6) 86.1 (77.7 to 91.6) 48.2 (40.0 to 56.4) 49.2 (37.2 to 61.3)
2001 India Sikkim 37.6 (25.1 to 52.1) 70.1 (60.5 to 78.2) 55.7 (50.5 to 60.8) 64.1 (58.1 to 69.7)
2001 India Andhra Pradesh 50.4 (44.6 to 56.2) 94.6 (89.5 to 97.3) 58.4 (47.2 to 68.8) 62.3 (56.4 to 67.9)
2001 India Delhi 69.3 (63.9 to 74.3) 93.7 (91.5 to 95.4) 60.9 (54.7 to 66.8) 84.6 (81.4 to 87.3)
2001 India Tamil Nadu 82.5 (78.9 to 85.5) 92.1 (88.8 to 94.5) 72.5 (68.6 to 76.2) 63.6 (58.9 to 68.2)
2002 India Orissa 74.1 (65.8 to 81.0) 95.9 (93.4 to 97.5) 84.9 (77.0 to 90.4) 90.4 (85.8 to 93.7)
2002 India Uttar Pradesh 84.7 (78.8 to 89.2) 91.3 (86.1 to 94.7) 87.0 (81.1 to 91.2) 88.4 (82.4 to 92.5)
2002 India Uttranchal 66.6 (60.2 to 72.6) 73.9 (63.4 to 82.2) 72.3 (62.1 to 80.7) 69.3 (57.8 to 78.8)
2002 India Rajastan 51.7 (37.7 to 65.3) 81.2 (73.5 to 87.1) 39.3 (32.6 to 46.4) 86.0 (77.6 to 91.6)
2004 India Gujarat 70.4 (62.7 to 77.0) 89.9 (79.9 to 95.3) 64.2 (48.6 to 77.3) 85.4 (76.1 to 91.5)
2004 India Haryana 55.8 (39.6 to 70.9) 90.0 (81.1 to 94.9) 66.1 (50.7 to 78.7) 74.0 (61.5 to 83.5)
2004 India Andaman and Nicobar Islands 47.0 (42.1 to 52.0) 88.8 (83.3 to 92.6) 60.7 (56.7 to 64.6) 84.2 (79.7 to 87.8)
2004 India Kerala 91.8 (89.3 to 93.8) 75.9 (70.3 to 80.7) 80.5 (77.5 to 83.2) 92.1 (90.3 to 93.6)
2005 India Kashmir & Jammu 50.0 (35.0 to 65.0) NA NA NA
2001 Nepal Biratnagar 65.7 (55.4 to 74.6) 89.1 (84.8 to 92.3) 77.1 (65.5 to 85.7) 84.2 (78.8 to 88.3)
2003 Nepal Mahendranagar and Dhangad 38.1 (31.7 to 45.0) 94.3 (91.7 to 96.2) 33.9 (31.2 to 36.8) 77.9 (73.0 to 82.1)
Western Pacific Region 58.6 (53.3 to 63.8) 81.0 (77.4 to 84.1) 38.3 (33.2 to 43.7) 52.3 (47.8 to 56.6)
2004 China Puyang 63.7 (55.3 to 71.3) 85.2 (81.5 to 88.3) 24.2 (17.7 to 32.2) 56.9 (48.2 to 65.2)
2004 China Shanghai 33.4 (27.8 to 39.5) 72.3 (68.8 to 75.6) 44.6 (40.9 to 48.3) 47.4 (41.8 to 53.1)
2004 China Tianjin 46.7 (37.9 to 55.8) 78.1 (71.9 to 83.3) 46.0 (35.6 to 56.8) 49.2 (43.3 to 55.0)
2004 China Zhuhai 50.8 (46.2 to 55.5) 72.6 (68.2 to 76.6) 44.5 (40.6 to 48.5) 48.4 (43.3 to 53.5)
2004 Malaysia Country 70.4 (67.0 to 73.6) 85.3 (83.0 to 87.3) 31.0 (27.3 to 35.0) 53.8 (50.6 to 57.0)
2003 Viet Nam Hochiminh 81.2 (74.3 to 86.6) 83.8 (78.4 to 88.1) 45.3 (38.7 to 52.1) 55.0 (52.3 to 57.6)
2003 Viet Nam Tuenquang 94.4 (92.2 to 96.0) 95.6 (91.8 to 97.7) 44.1 (38.8 to 49.6) 77.3 (73.3 to 80.9)
2003 Viet Nam Danang 87.5 (83.0 to 91.0) 92.0 (89.6 to 93.9) 40.3 (36.2 to 44.4) 65.3 (59.2 to 70.9)
2003 Viet Nam Haiphong 85.3 (79.4 to 89.7) 93.3 (90.6 to 95.2) 40.3 (33.8 to 47.1) 67.3 (58.5 to 75.0)
2003 Viet Nam Hanoi 80.4 (71.0 to 87.3) 88.5 (79.6 to 93.8) 53.4 (48.0 to 58.7) 70.2 (64.6 to 75.2)

*No CI calculated; NA, not asked.