title: Smoking, alcohol consumption and betal-quid chewing among young adult Myanmar laborers in Thailand.
abstract: Health-risk behaviors among young adults are a serious public health problem. This cross sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of single and concurrent multiple health-risk behaviors: smoking tobacco, consuming alcohol, and chewing betel quid among young adult Myanmar laborers in Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand. Three hundred Myanmar laborers, aged 18-24 years, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. About 33.6% reported no risk behaviors, 24.7% had one, and 41.7% had two or three risk behaviors. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed six variables were significantly associated with health-risk behaviors: male gender, high/moderate custom/traditional influences, friends who smoked/consumed alcohol/chewed betel quid, and exposure to betel-quid chewing by other family members.
authors.forename: Kyaw
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Htin
authors.forename: Nopporn
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Howteerakull
authors.forename: Nawarat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suwannapong
authors.forename: Mathuros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: TipayamongkholgulI
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001114:Areca; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002052:Myanmar / Q000208:ethnology; D010379:Peer Group; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult