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      Smoking prevalence, determinants, knowledge, attitudes and habits among Buddhist monks in Lao PDR

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          Abstract

          Background

          This cross-sectional study, the first of its kind, uses baseline data on smoking prevalence among Buddhist monks in Northern and Central provinces of Lao PDR.

          Findings

          Between March and September 2006, 390 monks were interviewed, using questionnaires, to assess smoking prevalence including determinants, knowledge and attitudes. Data entry was performed with Epi-Info (version 6.04) and data analysis with SPSS version 11. Descriptive analysis was employed for all independent and dependent variables. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test were used for categorical variables to compare smoking status, knowledge, attitudes and province. Logistic regression was applied to identify determinants of smoking. Daily current smoking was 11.8%. Controlling for confounding variables, age at start of monkhood and the length of religious education were significant determinants of smoking. The majority of the monks 67.9% were in favor of the idea that offerings of cigarettes should be prohibited and that they should refuse the cigarettes offered to them (30.3%) but, in fact, 34.8% of the monks who were current smokers accepted cigarettes from the public.

          Conclusion

          Some monks were smokers, whilst they, in fact, should be used as non-smoking role models. There was no anti-smoking policy in temples. This needs to be addressed when setting up smoke-free policies at temples.

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                Author and article information

                Journal
                BMC Res Notes
                BMC Research Notes
                BioMed Central
                1756-0500
                2009
                8 June 2009
                : 2
                : 100
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Postgraduate Studies & Research Department, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR, PO Box 7444, Vientiane, Lao PDR
                [2 ]Dept. of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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                1756-0500-2-100
                10.1186/1756-0500-2-100
                2704224
                19505329
                7d9e63d5-6653-4872-9320-8b350c2048db
                Copyright © 2009 Vanphanom et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 11 December 2008
                : 8 June 2009
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                Medicine
                Medicine

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