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Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2013 Sep 20;54(1):10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.037. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.037

Table 2.

Comparison of cigarette and SLT use patterns among adolescents (GYTS-NYTS) aged 13–15 years in 32 countries during 2007–2011

Prevalence of current smoking prevalence of Current SLT use Combined Use of cigarettes and SLT products
Country Overall % (95%CI) boys % (95%CI) girls % (95%CI) Overall % (95%CI) boys % (95%CI) girls % (95%CI) Overall prevalence of dual use % (95%CI) Proportion of Cigarette smokers that use SLT % (95%CI) Proportion of SLT users that smoke cigarettes % (95%CI)
African Region
 Botswana 14.3 (10.9–17.7) 18.1 (12.9–23.3) 10.9 (7.3–14.4) 11.3 (9.3–13.4) 11.3 (7.6–15.1) 11.4 (9.0–13.8) 4.3 (2.9–5.6) 30.8 (26.0–35.5) 37.7 (28.5–46.9)
 Lesotho 10.1 (6.4–13.8) 11.8 (5.8–17.9) 7.5 (4.4–10.6) 14.4 (10.9–18.0) 14.7 (9.0–20.4) 13.6 (9.5–17.7) 3.0 (1.6–4.4) 29.8 (20.3–39.2) 22.0 (14.8–29.3)
 Madagascar 19.3 (14.5–24.1) 30.7 (22.3–39.1) 10.2 (4.7–15.6) 5.7 (0.4–11.1) 6.2 (0.8–11.5) 5.4 (0.1–11.8)* 2.3 (0.5–4.0) 11.7 (3.9–19.5) 38.7 (0.1–80.7)*
 Rwanda 1.8 (0.7–3.0) 3.0 (1.3–4.6) 0.9 (0.1–2.0)* 7.4 (4.6–10.2) 8.3 (3.6–13.0) 6.0 (3.1–8.9) 0.3 (0.1–0.7)* 17.5 (0.1–44.8)* 4.7 (0.1–12.0)*
 Seychelles 21.5 (16.3–26.7) 23.2 (16.7–29.6) 20.0 (14.4–25.6) 5.5 (2.9–8.1) 5.2 (2.1–8.3) 5.4 (2.8–8.0) 1.7 (0.5–2.8) 7.8 (3.1–12.4) 38.7 (18.0–59.4)
 South Africa 13.6 (11.4–15.8) 17.9 (15.1–20.8) 10.6 (7.7–13.4) 8.1 (5.9–10.3) 9.5 (6.8–12.3) 6.8 (4.6–9.0) 2.8 (2.1–3.6) 20.9 (15–26.7) 48 (38.7–57.3)
 Togo 6.2 (3.0–9.3) 9.1 (4.0–14.2) 1.7 (0.9–2.4) 6.2 (4.8–7.6) 6.9 (4.6–9.2) 4.8 (3.0–6.6) 1.4 (0.1–2.7)* 22.8 (9.0–36.7) 24.1 (3.9–44.4)*
Eastern Mediterranean region
 Islamic republic of Iran 3.0 (1.2–4.9) 5.1 (2.1–8.1) 0.9 (0.2–1.5) 5.1 (3.4–6.8) 5.4 (3.1–7.6) 4.8 (2.8–6.8) 0.3 (0.2–0.5) 12.0 (3.0–20.9) 7.4 (3.7–11)
 Qatar 6.5 (4.4–8.6) 13.4 (8.9–18.0) 2.3 (0.4–4.1) 7.0 (4.9–9.2) 7.6 (5.5–9.8) 6.1 (3.3–8.9) 1.0 (0.4–1.7) 17.3 (7.2–27.3) 14.6 (5.9–23.3)
 Tunisia 8.3 (6.4–10.2) 15.1 (12.0–18.2) 1.6 (0.6–2.7) 4.5 (3.2–5.8) 6.2 (3.8–8.6) 2.9 (1.8–4.0) 1.0 (0.3–1.7) 12.2 (4.2–20.1) 23.1 (10.1–36.1)
 Yemen 3.9 (2.1–5.8) 4.2 (1.7–6.6) 1.6 (0.5–2.7) 8.6 (5.2–11.9) 8.2 (3.9–12.5) 8.4 (1.7–15.1) 0.9 (0.1–2.0)* 27.1 (0.1–60.9)* 11.3 (0.2–23.1)
Europe
 Croatia 24.1 (19.7–28.4) 21.7 (17.6–25.8) 25.6 (20.3–30.9) 1.9 (1.5–2.3) 2.7 (1.8–3.6) 1.1 (0.6–1.7) 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 6.4 (4.5–8.4) 82.5 (72.9–92.1)
 Estonia 27.2 (23.3–31.0) 28.2 (23.3–33.1) 26.2 (21.3–31.1) 6.9 (4.7–9.1) 9.4 (6.2–12.6) 4.5 (2.8–6.3) 4.4 (2.8–6.1) 16.2 (10.5–21.9) 63.6 (52.8–74.3)
 Hungary 23.2 (18.9–27.4) 21.5 (16.1–26.9) 23.6 (19.1–28.0) 1.7 (1.2–2.2) 2.1 (1.5–2.7) 0.9 (0.2–1.7) 1.1 (0.4–1.8) 4.8 (2.3–7.2) 76.0 (41.7–110.3)
 Kyrgyzstan 4.4 (3.2–5.6) 6.8 (4.7–9.0) 2.2 (1.1–3.3) 2.5 (1.7–3.3) 3.3 (1.9–4.7) 1.8 (0.8–2.8) 1.1 (0.6–1.6) 25.5 (17.3–33.7) 71.9 (53.3–90.5)
 Latvia 32.9 (26.9–38.8) 36.3 (30.7–41.9) 30.2 (23.7–36.6) 10.9 (7.3–14.5) 12.1 (8.2–16.0) 9.5 (5.9–13.1) 6.7 (4.2–9.1) 20.3 (13.2–27.4) 61.6 (53.9–69.2)
 FYROM 9.8 (7.1–12.4) 9.7 (6.9–12.5) 9.8 (6.9–12.7) 3.0 (2.2–3.9) 3.2 (2.0–4.4) 2.8 (1.8–3.9) 1.4 (0.9–2.0) 14.9 (9.2–20.6) 58.0 (47.2–68.9)
 Republic of Moldova 11.3 (9.2–13.5) 18.5 (14.7–22.3) 5.6 (4.1–7.0) 3.8 (2.5–5.1) 5.2 (3.3–7.2) 2.6 (1.3–3.9) 2.4 (1.4–3.3) 21.0 (13.4–28.7) 77.2 (70.2–84.2)
 Montenegro 5.1 (3.9–6.2) 5.7 (4.1–7.3) 4.4 (2.9–5.9) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 0.9 (0.4–1.4) 0.7 (0.4–0.9) 12.8 (7.7–17.9) 69.0 (52.9–85.1)
 Serbia 9.3 (6.5–12.1) 9.3 (5.8–12.8) 8.9 (6.3–11.5) 1.2 (0.6–1.9) 1.6 (0.7–2.6) 0.7 (0.1–1.3) 0.7 (0.2–1.3) 8.0 (2.8–13.2) 70.4 (48.1–92.6)
 Slovenia 20.3 (16.0–24.5) 15.2 (10.0–20.4) 23.0 (18.3–27.6) 2.2 (0.8–3.7) 2.0 (1.0–3.1) 1.8 (0.1–3.9)* 1.6 (0.2–2.9)* 7.8 (1.9–13.6) 78.3 (57.1–99.6)
Region of the Americas
 Barbados 11.6 (8.6–14.7) 14.3 (9.9–18.7) 9.3 (5.9–12.7) 9.8 (7.9–11.8) 11.5 (8.8–14.3) 8.2 (5.9–10.4) 2.7 (1.4–4.0) 23.8 (13.4–34.3) 27.5 (16.6–38.3)
 Belize 7.7 (5.4–10.1) 11.7 (7.8–15.6) 4.4 (2.0–6.8) 5.7 (3.4–8.0) 5.8 (2.8–8.7) 5.5 (3.2–7.8) 0.5 (0.1–0.9) 6.8 (1.9–11.7) 9.1 (1.9–16.4)
 Panama 4.3 (2.8–5.9) 5.9 (3.7–8.1) 2.8 (1.4–4.2) 3.5 (2.5–4.6) 3.8 (2.1–5.4) 3.2 (2.1–4.3) 0.5 (0.2–0.8) 11.1 (5.0–17.3) 14.0 (6.7–21.3)
 Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 (9.5–16.3) 14.7 (10.4–19.1) 10.3 (6.3–14.3) 5.5 (4.0–7.0) 5.4 (3.4–7.5) 5.5 (3.9–7.1) 0.4 (0.1–0.9) 3.0 (0–7.2.0)* 7.1 (0.1–16.3)*
South-East Asia
 Myanmar 4.9 (3.5–6.3) 8.5 (5.8–11.2) 1.3 (0.4–2.2) 6.5 (4.9–8.1) 10.3 (7.4–13.1) 2.7 (1.7–3.7) 1.4 (0.7–2.0) 28.4 (16.3–40.5) 23.5 (15.3–31.6)
 Sri Lanka 1.3 (0.2–2.3)* 1.6 (0.2–3.0)* 0.9 (0.1–2.1)* 6.8 (4.5–9.0) 9.6 (6.0–13.2) 3.9 (1.6–6.1) 0.2 (0.1–0.4)* 17.2 (0.1–40.6)* 2.7 (0.1–6.5)*
Western Pacific
 Cook Islands 30.0 (25.0–35.1) 28.2 (19.5–36.8) 31.5 (24.1–38.9) 8.7 (5.8–11.7) 10.5 (6.8–14.2) 7.3 (3.5–11.1) 4.3 (2.5–6.1) 14.5 (8.9–20.0) 51.5 (34.0–69.0)
 South Korea 8.8 (7.2–10.4) 10.8 (8.6–13.0) 6.3 (4.8–7.7) 6.2 (5.4–7.0) 7.2 (6.0–8.5) 5.0 (4.2–5.9) 1.9 (1.3–2.5) 21.7 (16.6–26.7) 30.8 (23.4–38.2)
 Mongolia 6.9 (3.9–9.8) 11.0 (7.0–14.9) 3.3 (0.6–5.9) 13.1 (3.1–23.1) 15.0 (6.1–23.8) 11.4 (0.1–22.9)* 0.9 (0.3–1.6) 13.4 (0.8–25.9)* 7.0 (2.9–11.0)
 Philippines 17.5 (14.5–20.4) 23.5 (19.4–27.5) 12.0 (9.1–14.8) 5.1 (3.8–6.3) 4.7 (3.0–6.4) 5.2 (3.7–6.7) 1.0 (0.5–1.6) 6.1 (3.1–9.1) 20.9 (11.8–30.0)
United States of America 8.0 (6.7–9.2) 8.2 (6.9–9.6) 7.6 (6.1–9.1) 3.4 (2.7–4.2) 5.2 (3.9–6.5) 1.6 (1.1–2.0) 1.7 (1.2–2.1) 21.3 (16.9–25.7) 51.9 (44.1–59.7)

Note: GYTS=Global Youth Tobacco Survey; NYTS=National Youth Tobacco Survey; SLT=Smokeless tobacco; 95%CI=95% confidence intervals.

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Estimates with relative standard errors ≥40%