Global Youth Tobacco Survey (‎GYTS)‎, Bhutan 2019

The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) was developed by the Tobacco-Free

Initiative (TFI), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office on Smoking and

Health of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in

collaboration with other countries representing the six WHO regions. Its aim was

to generate comprehensive information on the prevention and control of tobacco

use among young people. It enables countries to systematically monitor tobacco

use among the youth and track the key indicators of tobacco control, using globally

standardized tools. The GYTS is a nationally representative school-based survey of

students of 13–15 years of age, and uses consistent and standard protocols across

countries. It is intended to generate comparable data within and across countries.