Table 2.
Prevalence of tobacco use and quit attempts, GATS Thailand, 2009 and 2011.
| Current manufactured cigarette smokers |
Current hand-rolled (RYO) cigarette smokers |
Dual smokers of manufactured and hand-rolled cigarette |
Quit attempt during the last 12 months (%) |
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| 2009 | 2011 | Relative change (%) |
2009 | 2011 | Relative change (%) |
2009 | 2011 | Relative change (%) |
2009 | 2011 | Relative change (%) |
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| Overall | 15.0 (14.2, 15.8) |
15.2 (14.3, 16.2) |
1.7 | 14.1 (13.2, 15.0) |
14.4 (13.3, 15.6) |
2.2 | 5.5 (4.9, 6.2) |
5.8 (5.0, 6.6) |
4.9 | 49.8 (47.0, 52.5) |
36.7 (34.0, 39.4) |
−26.3* |
| Bangkok | 17.5 (16.2, 18.9) |
16.6 (15.1, 18.3) |
−4.9 | 2.6 (2.1, 3.2) |
3.3 (2.5, 4.2) |
25.6 | 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.8 (1.3, 2.6) |
67.6 | 45.6 (41.4, 50.0) |
41.2 (36.4, 46.2) |
−9.8* |
| Central | 15.8 (14.5, 17.2) |
16.7 (15.0, 18.5) |
5.2 | 10.8 (9.2, 12.7) |
10.8 (9.1, 12.8) |
0.1 | 3.4 (2.6, 4.5) |
4.1 (3.1, 5.4) |
19.5 | 55.5 (50.6, 60.2) |
42.1 (37.5, 46.9) |
−24.0* |
| North | 10.9 (9.5, 12.6) |
11.3 (9.6, 13.3) |
3.5 | 12.9 (11.0, 15.0) |
13.5 (11.5, 15.8) |
4.8 | 2.3 (1.6, 3.1) |
3.9 (2.8, 5.4) |
70.9 | 46.8 (40.6, 53.0) |
28.2 (22.6, 34.7) |
−39.6* |
| Northeast | 14.2 (12.6, 15.9) |
14.0 (12.0, 16.2) |
−1.6 | 17.2 (15.2, 19.3) |
17.7 (15.1, 20.5) |
2.8 | 7.5 (6.1, 9.2) |
6.6 (4.9, 8.7) |
−12.5 | 51.6 (45.7, 57.6) |
39.7 (33.8, 45.9) |
−23.1* |
| South | 19.0 (16.9, 21.2) |
20.0 (17.9, 22.3) |
5.3 | 23.0 (20.9, 25.2) |
22.3 (19.9, 25.0) |
−2.8 | 12.3 (10.5, 14.2) |
12.4 (10.5, 14.6) |
1.2 | 43.0 (38.9, 47.3) |
28.9 (24.9, 33.2) |
−32.9* |
Note: Authors' own calculation using Thailand GATS 2009 and 2011. 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses.
Significant (p < 0.05) relative changes are indicated with asterisk (*) based on the respective z-statistics.