Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey

At present, 70% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers are in developing countries, with over 50% in Asia alone. The current study examined patterns of youth smoking in Thailand and Malaysia. Respondents were 2002 youths between the ages of 13 and 17 from Thailand (n = 1000) and Malaysia (n = 1002)...

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Main Authors: David Hammond, Foong Kin, Aree Prohmmo, Nipapun Kungskulniti, Tan Y. Lian, Sharad K. Sharma, Buppha Sirirassamee, Ron Borland, Geoffrey T. Fong
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spelling th-mahidol.196162018-07-12T09:41:16Z Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey David Hammond Foong Kin Aree Prohmmo Nipapun Kungskulniti Tan Y. Lian Sharad K. Sharma Buppha Sirirassamee Ron Borland Geoffrey T. Fong University of Waterloo Universiti Sains Malaysia Mahidol University Cancer Council Victoria Medicine At present, 70% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers are in developing countries, with over 50% in Asia alone. The current study examined patterns of youth smoking in Thailand and Malaysia. Respondents were 2002 youths between the ages of 13 and 17 from Thailand (n = 1000) and Malaysia (n = 1002). Respondents were selected using a multistage cluster sampling design and surveyed between January 2005 and March 2005. Approximately 3% of youth between the ages of 13 and 17 were current smokers, with an additional 10% to 12% reporting experimental smoking. Males were between 7 and 15 times more likely to report smoking behavior than females. Less than 1% of females respondents in either country met the criteria for current smoking, and less than 5% met the criteria for experimental smoking. In contrast, more than 50% Thai males and approximately one-third of Malaysian males aged 17 met the criteria for either experimental or current smoking. © 2008 APJPH. 2018-07-12T02:41:16Z 2018-07-12T02:41:16Z 2008-07-01 Article Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. Vol.20, No.3 (2008), 193-203 10.1177/1010539508317572 10105395 2-s2.0-44949092214 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19616 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=44949092214&origin=inward
institution Mahidol University
building Mahidol University Library
continent Asia
country Thailand
Thailand
content_provider Mahidol University Library
collection Mahidol University Institutional Repository
topic Medicine
spellingShingle Medicine
David Hammond
Foong Kin
Aree Prohmmo
Nipapun Kungskulniti
Tan Y. Lian
Sharad K. Sharma
Buppha Sirirassamee
Ron Borland
Geoffrey T. Fong
Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
description At present, 70% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers are in developing countries, with over 50% in Asia alone. The current study examined patterns of youth smoking in Thailand and Malaysia. Respondents were 2002 youths between the ages of 13 and 17 from Thailand (n = 1000) and Malaysia (n = 1002). Respondents were selected using a multistage cluster sampling design and surveyed between January 2005 and March 2005. Approximately 3% of youth between the ages of 13 and 17 were current smokers, with an additional 10% to 12% reporting experimental smoking. Males were between 7 and 15 times more likely to report smoking behavior than females. Less than 1% of females respondents in either country met the criteria for current smoking, and less than 5% met the criteria for experimental smoking. In contrast, more than 50% Thai males and approximately one-third of Malaysian males aged 17 met the criteria for either experimental or current smoking. © 2008 APJPH.
author2 University of Waterloo
author_facet University of Waterloo
David Hammond
Foong Kin
Aree Prohmmo
Nipapun Kungskulniti
Tan Y. Lian
Sharad K. Sharma
Buppha Sirirassamee
Ron Borland
Geoffrey T. Fong
format Article
author David Hammond
Foong Kin
Aree Prohmmo
Nipapun Kungskulniti
Tan Y. Lian
Sharad K. Sharma
Buppha Sirirassamee
Ron Borland
Geoffrey T. Fong
author_sort David Hammond
title Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
title_short Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
title_full Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
title_fullStr Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
title_full_unstemmed Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey
title_sort patterns of smoking among adolescents in malaysia and thailand: findings from the international tobacco control southeast asia survey
publishDate 2018
url https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19616
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