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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Tobacco and hazardous or harmful alcohol use in Thailand: Joint prevalence and associations with socioeconomic factors
Addictive Behaviors , Volume 33, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 503-514


This study estimates the individual and joint prevalence of cigarette smoking and alcohol misuse, and examines the association between these risks and socioeconomic factors in Thailand.

The self-reported data on cigarette and alcohol use are from a 2004 nationally representative cross-sectional survey of 39 290 individuals aged 15 and over. Substantially more men than women were current smokers (45.8% vs. 2.3%; p <>p <>p < href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC9-4R2964F-2&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2008&_rdoc=11&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%235949%232008%23999669995%23679284%23FLA%23display%23Volume%29&_cdi=5949&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=11&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e3df841c53fb31e74dd62a68e7559b11">Read Full Abstract


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