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ชื่อเรื่อง: Smoking behavior among adolescents in Thailand and Malaysia
ผู้แต่ง: Sirirassamee T.
Sirirassamee B.
Borland R.
Omar M.
Driezen P.
Keywords: adolescent
article
child behavior
educational status
female
health survey
human
Malaysia
male
onset age
smoking
Thailand
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Age of Onset
Educational Status
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Malaysia
Male
Smoking
Thailand
วันที่เผยแพร่: 2011
บทคัดย่อ: The objective of this study was to examine the smoking behavior among adolescents in Thailand and Malaysia. Population-based, national surveys were conducted among 1,704 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 from Thailand (n = 927) and Malaysia (n = 777). Respondents were selected using multistage cluster sampling. Respondents were asked to complete self-administered questionnaires. Approximately 5% of Thai and Malaysian adolescents were current smokers, while an additional 8.6% of Thai and 8.1% of Malaysian adolescents reported being beginning smokers. On average, Thai smokers reported first smoking a whole cigarette at 14.6 years old (SD = 1.9), while Malaysian smokers at age 13.9 years (SD = 2.2). More than half of Thai smokers (60.4%) reported they bought cigarettes themselves and 29.9% got cigarettes from friends. In Malaysia, most smokers (68.3%) reported they bought cigarettes themselves, only 20.7% got cigarettes from friends. Seventy-six percent of Thai adolescent smokers smoked factory-made brands as their usual brand compared to 27.7% of Malaysian adolescent smokers. Eight percent of Thai adolescents and 10% of Malaysian adolescents reported smoking hand-rolled cigarettes. Approximately half of Thais and more than 40% of Malaysian smokers reported they tried to quit smoking within the past month. The smoking prevalence of Thai adolescents is close to that of Malaysian adolescents. Factory-made cigarette consumption is an important problem in Thai adolescents and needs to be targeted.
URI: https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/14578
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ISSN: 1251562
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