title: Smoking beliefs and behavior among youth in Malaysia and Thailand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterize smoking beliefs among Thai and Malaysian youth and to examine associations with gender, antismoking media exposure, and smoking status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nationally representative samples of youth completed self-administered questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A substantial proportion of youth reported positive beliefs about smoking. Those reporting positive beliefs were more likely to be susceptible to smoking. Youth who noticed antismoking media were less likely to report positive beliefs about smoking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As in Western countries, beliefs about smoking held by youth in Southeast Asia are associated with smoking status. Antismoking media may be an important means of targeting beliefs about smoking among youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Carla M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Geoffrey T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borland
authors.forename: Maizurah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: Buppha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sirirassamee
authors.forename: Rahmat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Awang
authors.forename: Pete
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Driezen
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology