The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has expressed concern about a worrying trend highlighted in a survey, namely the radical increase in smoking among Thai women, especially teenagers. The 2007 survey indicates that 6.4% of women were smokers, some less than 13.
The survey sample of 3,039 girls and women between 13 and 24 years-of-age, indicated 31.4% of those interviewed confessed to having first started smoking cigarettes before they even reached their teens. Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) is extremely concerned about the findings and its implications: "We are afraid that the number of female smokers will rise in the future," said Dr. Supakorn Buasai, ThaiHealth manager.
Meanwhile, an anti-smoking network is lobbying the government against the upcoming Asian Tobacco Trade Exhibition to be held a week hence from November 11-13 at the Impact Exhibition and Convention Centre in Nonthaburi. A news conference chaired by the Thai Network against ‘Tabinfo Asia 2009’ among interested parties and members of professional healthcare organisations was held to gather support for their campaign.
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/showfeature.php?FeatureID=0000001464
Monday, November 9, 2009
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