Publication: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Current Smoking Among Adolescent Students in Thailand, 2005
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2010-12-01
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15526127
10901981
10901981
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2-s2.0-78650168603
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Mahidol University
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SCOPUS
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Health Education and Behavior. Vol.37, No.6 (2010), 863-878
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Lela McKnight-Eily, René Arrazola, Robert Merritt, Ann Malarcher, Nithat Sirichotiratana Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Current Smoking Among Adolescent Students in Thailand, 2005. Health Education and Behavior. Vol.37, No.6 (2010), 863-878. doi:10.1177/1090198110366100 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28560
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Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Current Smoking Among Adolescent Students in Thailand, 2005
Abstract
This article examines the prevalence of current smoking and associated psychosocial correlates and whether these correlates differ by sex among adolescent students in Thailand. Data were analyzed from the Thailand Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), a school-based, cross-sectional survey conducted in 2005 and completed by Mathayom 1, 2, and 3 (U.S. seventh through ninth grades) students. Weighted prevalence estimates of the percentage of students who were current smokers (smoked on ≥1 day during the past 30 days) and noncurrent smokers were calculated for the sample and for each psychosocial variable. Separate logistic regression models were calculated for males and females to examine the independent association of the psychosocial correlates of current smoking. Significant correlates for both males and females included close peer smoking, secondhand smoke exposure, being offered a free cigarette by a tobacco industry representative, and belief that smoking is not harmful. These correlates are examined in the context of comprehensive tobacco control laws in Thailand. © 2010 by SOPHE.