Hammond David, Kin Foong, Prohmmo Aree, Kungskulniti Nipapun, Lian Tan Y, Sharma Sharad K, Sirirassamee Buppha, Borland Ron, Fong Geoffrey T
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2008;20(3):193-203. doi: 10.1177/1010539508317572. Epub 2008 May 13.
At present, 70% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers are in developing countries, with over 50% in Asia alone. The current study examined patterns of youth smoking in Thailand and Malaysia. Respondents were 2002 youths between the ages of 13 and 17 from Thailand (n = 1000) and Malaysia (n = 1002). Respondents were selected using a multistage cluster sampling design and surveyed between January 2005 and March 2005. Approximately 3% of youth between the ages of 13 and 17 were current smokers, with an additional 10% to 12% reporting experimental smoking. Males were between 7 and 15 times more likely to report smoking behavior than females. Less than 1% of females respondents in either country met the criteria for current smoking, and less than 5% met the criteria for experimental smoking. In contrast, more than 50% Thai males and approximately one-third of Malaysian males aged 17 met the criteria for either experimental or current smoking.
目前,全球11亿烟民中有70%在发展中国家,仅亚洲就超过50%。当前的研究调查了泰国和马来西亚青少年吸烟的模式。受访者是来自泰国(n = 1000)和马来西亚(n = 1002)的2002名年龄在13至17岁之间的青少年。受访者采用多阶段整群抽样设计选取,并于2005年1月至2005年3月期间接受调查。年龄在13至17岁之间的青少年中约3%为当前吸烟者,另有10%至12%报告有尝试吸烟行为。报告吸烟行为的男性比女性多7至15倍。两国中,不到1%的女性受访者符合当前吸烟标准,不到5%符合尝试吸烟标准。相比之下,超过50%的泰国男性和大约三分之一的17岁马来西亚男性符合尝试吸烟或当前吸烟标准。