High school teens heavy smokers --survey 

A survey by the Rwanda-National Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) which was conducted in 2008 in schools of Rwanda shows that nicotinism prevalence in teenagers is high.

The survey which was aimed at gathering information relating to the prevalence of the nicotinism in children between 13 and 15 years includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use and information on five determinants of tobacco use which are; access/availability and price, exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.

According to the survey, the problem of nicotinism, like everywhere else remains a great concern especially among the youth.

A survey of tobacco in secondary schools carried out in 2004 jointly by the Ministry for Health and the Ministry for Education, with the support of World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated that 24 percent of students in secondary school smoked.

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