Open AccessTobacco use among thai students: Results from the 2015 global youth tobacco survey
Author(s) -
Pantip Chotbenjamaporn,
Vilailak Haruhansapong,
Pensom Jumriangrit,
Siriwan Pitayarangsarit,
Naveen Agarwal,
Renu Garg
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_234_17
Subject(s) - medicine , tobacco use , environmental health , logistic regression , tobacco product , smokeless tobacco , purchasing , demography , population , operations management , sociology , economics
Tobacco use often starts in adolescence and is a leading cause of premature mortality. Two previous rounds of the global youth tobacco survey (GYTS) found that a significant proportion of Thai youth currently smoke.