Table 2

Attitudes towards tobacco smoking distributed by gender in Thailand

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)

Rudatsikira et al. International Archives of Medicine 2008 1:8   doi:10.1186/1755-7682-1-8