title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. lrmcknight@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Lela
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKnight-Eily
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arrazola
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malarcher
authors.forename: Nithat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sirichotiratana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000329:Advertising; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution