TABLE.

Prevalence of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) among youths aged 13–15 years — Global Youth Tobacco Survey, Argentina, 2007 and 2012

	2007			2012			Overall percentage point change from 2007 to 2012	p-value*
	Overall	Males	Females	Overall	Males	Females
	% (95% CI)			% (95% CI)
Smoked tobacco use
Current cigarette smokers†	24.5 (22.2–27.0)	21.1 (18.5–23.8)	27.3 (23.4–31.6)	19.6 (16.4–23.3)	17.4 (14.7–20.5)	21.5 (17.1–26.7)	−4.9	0.021
Frequent cigarette smokers§	5.6 (4.2–7.4)	4.9 (3.8–6.4)	6.0 (3.7–9.5)	4.1 (3.0–5.6)	3.1 (2.1–4.6)	5.0 (3.3–7.3)	−1.5	0.158
Current smokers of other tobacco¶	6.7 (5.6.8.1)	9.1 (7.4–11.2)	4.6 (3.5–6.2)	6.5 (5.0–8.3)	7.0 (5.4–9.1)	6.0 (4.3–8.2)	−0.2	0.810
Ever cigarette smokers**	52.0 (49.5–54.5)	48.9 (45.6–52.2)	54.8 (50.6–58.9)	41.9 (38.2–45.8)	40.5 (36.5–44.6)	43.3 (38.2–48.6)	−10.1	<0.001
Smokeless tobacco use
Current smokeless tobacco users††	4.3 (3.5–5.2)	5.5 (4.3–6.9)	3.2 (2.4–4.3)	3.7 (2.9–4.8)	4.4 (3.2–6.1)	3.0 (2.0–4.5)	−0.6	0.420
Tobacco use
Current tobacco users§§	28.0 (25.9–30.3)	26.1 (23.6–28.8)	29.7 (25.7–34.0)	24.1 (20.8–27.8)	22.7 (20.1–25.5)	25.4 (20.3–31.2)	−3.9	0.058
Exposure to SHS
Exposure to SHS inside any enclosed public place	54.7 (51.9–57.4)	51.7 (48.3–55.2)	57.7 (54.4–61.0)	47.5 (43.1–51.9)	44.5 (39.7–49.4)	50.1 (44.6–55.7)	−13.6	0.006
Exposure to SHS inside the home	NA	NA	NA	52.5 (49.8–55.1)	48.8 (45.0–52.7)	55.7 (52.3–59.1)	NA	NA

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; NA = not available.

^*Comparing overall values for 2007 and 2012.

^†Smoked cigarettes any time during the preceding 30 days.

^§Smoked cigarettes on 20 or more of the preceding 30 days.

^¶Smoked tobacco other than cigarettes anytime during the preceding 30 days.

^**Ever smoked cigarettes, even one or two puffs.

^††Used smokeless tobacco anytime during the preceding 30 days.

^§§Used smoked tobacco and/or smokeless tobacco anytime during the preceding 30 days.