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  • Title: Smoking, alcohol consumption and betal-quid chewing among young adult Myanmar laborers in Thailand.
    Author: Htin K, Howteerakull N, Suwannapong N, TipayamongkholgulI M.
    Journal: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health; 2014 Jul; 45(4):926-39. PubMed ID: 25427362.
    Abstract:
    Health-risk behaviors among young adults are a serious public health problem. This cross sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of single and concurrent multiple health-risk behaviors: smoking tobacco, consuming alcohol, and chewing betel quid among young adult Myanmar laborers in Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand. Three hundred Myanmar laborers, aged 18-24 years, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. About 33.6% reported no risk behaviors, 24.7% had one, and 41.7% had two or three risk behaviors. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed six variables were significantly associated with health-risk behaviors: male gender, high/moderate custom/traditional influences, friends who smoked/consumed alcohol/chewed betel quid, and exposure to betel-quid chewing by other family members.
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