Contrasting Trends of Smoking Cessation Status: Insights From the Stages of Change Theory Using Repeat Data From the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Thailand (2009 and 2011) and Turkey (2008 and 2012)

Lazarous Mbulo

doi:10.5888/pcd14.160376

Contrasting Trends of Smoking Cessation Status: Insights From the Stages of Change Theory Using Repeat Data From the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Thailand (2009 and 2011) and Turkey (2008 and 2012)

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 14 — June 1, 2017

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Figure. Tobacco Smoking Prevalence in Thailand (2009 and 2011) and Turkey (2008 and 2012), Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). ^a The decline in prevalence in Turkey from 2008 to 2012 was significant (P < .001).

Sex	GATS 1		GATS 2
Sex	Thailand, 2009 %	Turkey, 2008 %	Thailand, 2011 %	Turkey, 2012 %
Overall	23.7	31.2^a	24.0	27.1^a
Male	45.6	47.9	46.6	41.5
Female	3.1	15.2	2.6	13.1

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