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

• Main Authors: David Hammond, Foong Kin, Aree Prohmmo, Nipapun Kungskulniti, Tan Y. Lian, Sharad K. Sharma, Buppha Sirirassamee, Ron Borland, Geoffrey T. Fong
• Other Authors: University of Waterloo
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19616
• Institution: Mahidol University

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)...