Table 4

Tobacco control factors – Cessation, Access, and School Curricula – as reported by students aged 13–15 years, by gender – Greece, 2005

Cessation – Current Smokers
Prevalence (95% Confidence Intervals)

Boys
Girls
Total

Want to stop smoking now
37.5 (28.0 – 48.0)
37.2 (29.1 – 46.1)
37.6 (31.3 – 44.4) *
Tried to quit smoking in the past year
56.9 (48.4 – 65.0)
60.6 (49.7 – 70.5)
57.9 (50.6 – 64.9)
Access – Current Smokers
Usually buy cigarettes in a store
52.5 (45.1 – 59.7)
43.1 (35.2 – 51.5)
49.1 (43.0 – 55.3)
Not refused purchase because of their age
94.7 (86.5 – 98.0)
97.8 (89.4 – 99.6)
95.0 (89.5 – 97.7)
School Curricula
Taught in class about the dangers of smoking
63.5 (60.0 – 66.9)
66.1 (2.13 – 69.9)
64.7 (61.3 – 67.9)
Discussed in class the reasons why people their age smoke
48.5 (44.2 – 52.8)
37.9 (32.8 – 43.2)
43.5 (39.4 – 47.8)

* Total includes some students that did not provide information on the gender question

Kyrlesi et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-3