Table 1.
Subjects indicating agreement with beliefs concerning Buddhism, tobacco, addiction, and smoke-free areas in a national sample of 13,988 adults from Cambodia
| Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Monks should not use tobacco | ||
| Urban | 89 | 89 |
| Rural | 89 | 90 |
| Monks use of tobacco will affect community use of tobacco | ||
| Urban | 76 | 68 |
| Rural | 77 | 75 |
| Monks should not buy tobacco | ||
| Urban | 93 | 89 |
| Rural | 88 | 87 |
|
Monks should not accept cigarettes as an offering; it is an addictive (ngien)
offering that gives no benefit to the offerer | ||
| Urban | 76 | 71 |
| Rural | 71 | 70 |
| Cigarettes should not be offered to monks | ||
| Urban | 83 | 86 |
| Rural | 87 | 86 |
| Monks are wrong to throw away or not accept cigarettes | ||
| Urban | 55 | 48 |
| Rural | 64 | 62 |
| Smoking should not be allowed in the Wat (temple) | ||
| Urban | 93 | 92 |
| Rural | 85 | 86 |
| Buddhism prohibits gambling, opium, and alcohol | ||
| Urban | 97 | 96 |
| Rural | 98 | 97 |
| Gambling, opium, and alcohol, are ngien | ||
| Urban | 96 | 97 |
| Rural | 97 | 96 |
| Alcohol is ngien | ||
| Urban | 95 | 96 |
| Rural | 97 | 96 |
| Opium is ngien | ||
| Urban | 99 | 99 |
| Rural | 97 | 97 |
| Tobacco is ngien | ||
| Urban | 95 | 95 |
| Rural | 93 | 93 |
| A smoker cannot reach Sel Doub | ||
| Urban | 42 | 40 |
| Rural | 44 | 43 |
| It is a sin for a cigarette or pipe smoker to produce smoke that harms others | ||
| Urban | 81 | 84 |
| Rural | 77 | 77 |
| Harming your body with tobacco is wrong | ||
| Urban | 83 | 79 |
| Rural | 71 | 74 |