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Table 2 Attitudes towards tobacco smoking distributed by gender in Thailand

From: Correlates of cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in Thailand: findings from the Thai global youth tobacco survey 2005

Characteristic

Number of participants/Total for category

% of total and 95% CI

Felt that boys who smoke have more friends

12,408

58.3 (55.8, 60.8)

Males

6,510

60.7 (58.2, 63.2)

Females

5,898

56.2 (52.2, 60.2)

Felt like girls who smoke had more friends

14,031

20.0 (19.4, 22.8)

Males

7,336

22.5 (20.9, 24.2)

Females

6,695

19.7 (17.1, 22.7)

Felt that boys who smoke are more attractive

14,720

16.5 (15.3, 17.8)

Males

7,310

21.4 (19.3, 23.7)

Females

7,410

12.5 (11.4, 13.7)

Felt that girls who smoke are more attractive

15,411

7.8 (6.7, 8.9)

Males

7,710

10.7 (9.6, 12.0)

Females

7,701

5.3 (3.8, 7.3)

Felt that smoking is harmful to health

18,871

86.7 (85.6, 88.1)

Males

9,695

82.3 (80.2, 84.2)

Females

9,176

90.8 (89.1, 92.3)