Korea, Republic of [South Korea]

Current Tobacco Use:

Youth Tobacco Use

Students aged 13-15 who currently use tobacco
(GYTS 2013)
Tobacco Use
No Tobacco Use
6.3%
8.8%
Boys
3.6%
Girls

Youth

Percentage of students age 13-15 who used electronic cigarettes in the past 30 days
N/A
Percentage of students age 13-15 who were exposed to tobacco smoke in enclosed public places including schools, shops, restaurants, shopping malls, and movie theaters including in the past 7 days
47.4
Percentage of students age 13-15 who currently smoke tobacco and reported they wanted to stop smoking now
66.8
Percentage of students age 13-15 who currently smoke tobacco and thought about quitting in the past 30 days because of health warning labels on cigarette packaging
26.0
Percentage of students age 13-15 who saw any tobacco marketing at point of sale in the past 30 days
47.6
Percentage of students age 13-15 who currently smoke tobacco and last bought cigarettes as individual sticks in the past 30 days
13.4
(GYTS 2013)
"N/A" indicates that the question was not asked in the survey.
"--" indicates estimates were suppressed due to insufficient sample size.
Low prevalence (e.g., <0.05%) is rounded down and shown as 0.0%.
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