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Factors related to initiation of cigarette smoking behavior among secondaryschool student in Nakhon Pathom Province |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Wanpen Waelveerakup |
| Title | Factors related to initiation of cigarette smoking behavior among secondaryschool student in Nakhon Pathom Province |
| Contributor | Malinee Jumnain and Prasinee Suksatapornlerte |
| Publisher | Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Thai Interdisciplinary Research |
| Journal Vol. | Vol. 13 |
| Journal No. | N0. 3 |
| Page no. | 16 |
| Keyword | cigarette smoking, secondary school, initiation |
| URL Website | www.rdi.npru.ac.th |
| Website title | วารสารวิจัยสหวิทยาการไทย |
| ISSN | 2465-3837 |
| Abstract | Smoking is one of the most important public health concerns. In Thailand, an age of new smoker is morelikely to decreasing and cigarette smoking among youth still high prevalence. This study aimed to explore arelationship between demographic factors (gender, age, and study class level), social factors (access to cigaretteadvertising, advertising promotion and giving cigarette sample) and initiation of cigarette smoking behaviors amongstudents in secondary school. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 747 students in Nakhon Pathom province.The subjects recruited with a multistage sampling method from student, age 15-19 years old, in seven secondaryschools in all area of the province. The data was collected by administrative questionnaire during December 2016.Data analysis was performed using SPSS-20 software, by descriptive statistic and chi-square. Results revealed thatthe prevalence of initiation of cigarette smoking was 19.8%, 11.8% for male and 8.0% for female. Factors significantrelated to initiation of cigarette smoking included gender (?? = 17.165, p < 0.001), age (?? = 9.799, p = 0.007), studyclass level (?? = 7.143, p = 0.008), access to cigarette advertising by community radio (?? = 10.581, p = 0.014), bycommunity newspaper (?? = 13.290, p = 0.004), by community television (?? = 20.547, p < 0.001), cigaretteadvertising promotion (?? = 35.784, p < 0.001), and giving cigarette sample (?? = 29.901, p < 0.001). The resultssuggest that there were many factors influencing initiation of cigarette smoking among students which will bemanipulated in any intervention. |
