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PATIOS (Pan American Tobacco Information Online System)

The Pan American Tobacco Information Online System (PATIOS) is a web based information system containing country-specific data on a wide variety of tobacco control topics. PATIOS provides a standardized and reliable tracking and assessment of the tobacco-related situation within and across countries, and disseminates this information to policy and decision-makers, staff of tobacco control programs, tobacco control advocates, researchers and media. The database covers 53 indicators on tobacco use and control policies in all PAHO American Member States. The database covers five main areas: health impact (including prevalence of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke), policy and legislation, economics, cessation, and planning and programming.

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Ambient Nicotine Levels in the Americas

To support smoke-free policies in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health studied levels of environmental tobacco smoke in specific settings in Latin American and the Caribbean countries using a standardized methodology. The main results were published in a scientific paper Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Public Places in Latin America, 2002-2003.

Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), developed by the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), is a school-based survey of students age 13-15 years using a common methodology and core questionnaire. These questions are designed to gather data on the following seven topics: prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use; knowledge and attitudes towards cigarette smoking; exposure to media and advertising; access to cigarettes; tobacco-related school curriculum; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); and quitting smoking. The available datasets can be downloaded free of cost. The results are summarized in country reports and fact sheets. These data have been used in several scientific papers.

Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) brochure

The country fact sheets can be viewed at the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), Country Fact Sheets: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) webpage. GYTS information is compiled within the participating country and is not edited by the CDC.  Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/GYTS/factsheets/paho/factsheets.htm

Global Health Professionals Students Survey (GHPSS)

The Global Health Professional Students Survey (GHPSS), developed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), is a school-based survey of third-year students of dentistry, medicine, nursing, or pharmacy. The GHPSS uses a core questionnaire covering demographics, prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes, exposure to secondhand smoke, desire to quit smoking, and training received to counsel patients on smoking cessation. The GHPSS has a standardized methodology for selecting participating schools and classes and uniform data processing procedures. The findings from the GHPSS Pilot Study, which consisted of 16 surveys conducted in 10 countries during the first quarter of 2005, were summarized in country fact sheets and in the scientific paper Tobacco Use and Cessation Counseling – Global Health Professionals Survey Pilot Study, 10 countries, 2005.

  • 2006
    • Bolivia
    • Brazil
    • Costa Rica
    • Mexico
    • Peru