Preface

Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Data to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Preface

The World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Canadian Public Health Association developed the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS) to assist WHO Member States in establishing continuous tobacco control surveillance and monitoring. The GTSS provides a flexible system that includes common data items but allows countries to include important unique information at their discretion. It also uses a common survey methodology, similar field