Influence of socioeconomics and social marketing on smoking in Thailand
Thammawongsa P, Laohasiriwong W, Yotha N, et al. Influence of socioeconomics and social marketing on smoking in Thailand: A National Survey in 2017. Tob. Prev. Cessation 2023;9(September):28
“The study is a secondary dataset analysis of cross-sectional data using data from the 2017 Smoking and Drinking Behaviors Survey of the National Statistical Office of Thailand.”
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“Among 88689 respondents, the prevalence of smoking was 18.2% (95% CI: 18.00–18.51). Factors that were associated with smoking were: exposure to secondhand smoke in residential settings (AOR=15.31; 95% CI: 14.47–16.20) and alcohol regular drinking (AOR=4.44; 95% CI: 4.14–4.76). In addition, social marketing factors include: disagreeing or being unsure of the opinions that cigarettes should be categorized as harmful goods (AOR=3.15; 95% CI: 2.94– 3.37); not having been exposed to the disadvantages of smoking in social media (AOR=1.51; 95% CI: 1.43–1.61); not having been exposed to the disadvantages of smoking in newspapers, television, radio, advertisements, or other sources (AOR=1.46; 95% CI: 1.37–1.62); having never seen the warning cautions or having seen them but ignored the hazardous effect (AOR=4.81; 95% CI: 4.5–4.9); and having ever seen the warning cautions/ever seen but ignore the hazardous effect (AOR=4.81; 95% CI: 4.54–5.09), and ever seen advertisements or billboards which motivate smoking in various places (AOR=1.33; 95% CI: 1.24–1.42).”
Stephen Hamann
