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										C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | M | P | R | S | T | V | WC**Cessation**
“Cessation” is quitting tobacco use. It encompasses user dependency, quit attempts, intention to quit, ability to stop smoking and advice from healthcare providers to quit. This indicator assesses policies that offer individuals help with quitting tobacco use.
**95% Confidence Interval (CI)**
A range of values to express how large the random error for an estimate is likely to be. Technically, if we hypothetically repeated a study 100 times, 95 times out of 100, the true value of our estimate would fall within the upper and lower limit of this confidence interval.
**Confidence Limits (CL)**
A range of values to express how large the random error for an estimate is likely to be. Technically, if we hypothetically repeated a study 100 times, 95 times out of 100, the true value of our estimate would fall within the upper and lower limit of this confidence interval.D**Data**
Information, often in the form of facts or figures obtained from experiments or surveys, is used as a basis for making calculations or drawing conclusions.
**Datasets**
A data file or collection of interrelated data.E**Economics**
“Economics” includes cigarette affordability, cost and expenditure as well as the percentage of gross domestic product spent on cigarettes. This indicator assesses policies that raise the cost of tobacco products.
**Exposure**
Contact with a substance by swallowing or breathing or by direct contact such as through the skin or eyes. Exposure may be short term, intermediate duration, or long term.F**Fact Sheets**
A one-page document highlighting a country’s survey results.G**GATS**
Global Adult Tobacco Survey
**GHPSS**
Global Health Professions Student Survey
**GSPS**
Global School Personnel Survey
**GTSSData**
Global Tobacco Surveillance System Data
**GYTS**
Global Youth Tobacco SurveyH**High School**
Data are based on a sample of students in grades 9-12.I**Indicators**
Measurable variable used as a representation of an associated (but non-measured or non-measurable) factor or quantity.
**Insufficient Sample Size**
Sample was too small to support statistically valid results.K**Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions**
This indicator assesses knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the dangers of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. Main topics explored include tobacco’s link to serious illness and various diseases; awareness of the Tobacco Control Act.M**Mean**
The average of a list of numbers by calculating the sum of all the members of the list and dividing by the number of items in the list.
**Middle School**
Data are based on a sample of students in grades 6-8.
**MPOWER**
A package of six proven policies used by World Health Organization (WHO) to expand the fight against the tobacco epidemic.
*Monitor tobacco use* – Obtain nationally representative and population-based periodic data on key indicators of tobacco use for youth and adults.
*Protect people from tobacco smoke* – Completely smoke-free environments in all indoor public spaces and workplaces, including restaurants and bars.
*Offer help to quit tobacco use* – Easily accessible services to manage tobacco dependence clinically at 100 percent of primary health-care facilities and through community resources.
*Warn about the dangers of tobacco* – High levels of awareness of the health risks of tobacco use across age groups, sexes, and places of residence, so that all people understand that the result of tobacco use is suffering, disfigurement, and early death.
*Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship* – Complete absence of tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
*Raise taxes on tobacco products* – Progressively less affordable tobacco products.P**Percentage (%)**
A weighted percentage reflecting the population.
**Prevalence**
The number of existing disease cases in a defined population during a specific time period.
**Prevention**
Proactive activities conducted to avoid health hazards and their consequences.
**Public Health Surveillance**
The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data. This activity also involves timely dissemination of the data and use for public health programs.R**Race and Ethnicity**
Individuals are grouped into one of four race categories or one ethnic group (Hispanic). Hispanic origin is determined first; then, all non-Hispanics are classified by self-reported race.
**Research**
A systematic investigation, including the design, implementation, testing and evaluation to contribute to the scientific literature.S**Sample Size (n)**
The unweighted number of cases.
**Secondhand Smoke**
Second-hand smoke, also known as passive smoking or environmental tobacco smoke, is a mixture of “sidestream” smoke from the burning tip of a cigarette and “mainstream” smoke exhaled by a smoker. It contains at least 50 cancer-producing chemicals.
**Smokeless Tobacco**
Tobacco in a form that is not smoked but used in some other way such as chewing tobacco or snuff.
**Smokers**
Persons who reported having ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and who smoke now.
**Stratification**
The process of partitioning data into distinct or non-overlapping groups.
**Survey**
A systematic collection of information or data. A survey can be conducted to collect information from a group of people or from the environment. Surveys of a group of people can be conducted by telephone, by mail, or in person. Some surveys are done by interviewing a group of people.T**Tobacco**
An agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, it is used in some medicines.
**Tobacco Use**
“Tobacco use” is defined as current and past usage; frequency and prevalence of use; amount used; and type of product used. “Use” is determined by age group, sex, income and other demographic subdivisions (both nationally and by province/region). This indicator monitors tobacco use and effectiveness of prevention policies.
**Trend Data**
Pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time, represented by a line or curve on a graph.V**Vital Records**
Certificates of birth, death, marriage, and divorce required for legal and demographic purposes.W**WHO**
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