Tobacco control and gender in Southeast Asia. Part I: Malaysia and the Philippines

Morrow, Martha G.; Barraclough, Simon

doi:10.1093/heapro/dag021

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“…13,14,20 In addition, earlier studies have shown that the tobacco industry intentionally targeted women by focusing on female-identified needs, preferences, and positive images of smoking, [21][22][23] although there are no conclusive studies of how the tobacco industry targets women and teenage consumers in Taiwan. More work should be done to monitor and decrease the impact of the trade liberalization and cigarette marketing on smoking in these minority groups.…”

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“…8,10,11,13,14,20 Traditional values and normative gender expectations may be becoming less of a protective factor against smoking in women in Asia. Therefore, it is crucial to gain a deeper understanding of the normative gender roles and social values of modern Asian women and identify the effects of sociocultural influences on cigarette diffusion and behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors in an Asian Population

Tsai

Tsai²,

Yang³

et al. 2008

Journal of Women's Health

106

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Background: Gender-sensitive tobacco control policies are being challenged, and new directions are being sought because public health efforts have reduced cigarette consumption more substantially among men than among women. To better target women, it would help to identify the protective cultural factors that promote resiliency in women and discourage them from smoking. Whereas western cultures have generated a great deal of gender-specific research and programs on the prevention of smoking in women, Asian cultures have not. Taking a personal and sociocultural perspective, this study examines the effect of gender on smoking behaviors in Taiwan. Methods: In a 2004 cross-sectional random-sampled interview survey, 827 adult men and 90 adult women smokers in Taiwan were queried about the time they began smoking, maintenance of their habits, and their readiness to change. Results: The male/female smoking rate ratio was 9.5 (45.7% vs. 4.8%). Men smoked significantly more cigarettes per day than women (18 vs. 11). We found Taiwanese women started smoking around 20 years old, much later than their western counterparts. We also found that whereas the smoking behavior of the men was very sensitive to social environment and structural factors, that of women revolved around their desire to control their weight and handle their emotions. Conclusions: Differences in the smoking behavior of men and women are a result of a different sociocultural environment and the life trajectories and social circumstances embedded within it. Comprehensive tobacco control policies need to be tailored to not just smoking behavior alone or one population alone but to the determinants of smoking behavior in specific groups, for example, women. Even when targeting women, some effort may be needed on targeting women of different ethnicities, for instance, Asian women in whom the prevalence is increasing at alarming rates.

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Section: Logistic Regressionmentioning

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Section: Logistic Regressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors in an Asian Population

Tsai

Tsai²,

Yang³

et al. 2008

Journal of Women's Health

106

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“…The increased smoking among women could reflect either the shift towards modernization and emancipation of women in this region or the specific targeting of women by the tobacco indus try as a huge untapped market for its products, or both (Mackay & Amos, 2003;Morrow & Barraclough, 2003). A recent study by Parkinson et al (2009), using adolescents' data from the first wave of the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia (ITCSEA) survey, showed that female adolescents were less likely to hold positive aesthetic and social acceptability beliefs about smoking compared with their male counterparts, that Thai adolescents were more likely to endorse these beliefs, and that these beliefs were strongly predictive of smoking susceptibility.…”

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Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Zawahir¹,

Omar²,

Awang³

et al. 2012

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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Introduction: Finding ways to discourage adolescents from taking up smoking is important because those who begin smok ing at an earlier age are more likely to become addicted and have greater difficulty in quitting. This article examined whether anti smoking messages and education could help to reduce smoking susceptibility among adolescents in two Southeast Asian coun tries and to explore the possible moderating effect of country and gender.

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“…We should not ignore the role of gender differences in our tobacco policy. We need to be concern and refute the acceptance of male smoking as being born male is found to be the single major risk factor for tobacco use (Morrow et al, 2003). The major strengths of our study include a prospective design that follows an adolescent cohort over a period of one year.…”

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Incidence of Adverse Transition in Smoking Stages among Adolescents of Kinta, Perak

Jeganathan

Hairi²,

Sadat³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Few local studies have explored the process of adverse transition of smoking stages among adolescents. The present investigation aimed to identify adverse transitions prospectively from the early stages till the escalation of the stages after one year. Materials and Methods: Data were collected in two waves from a cohort of 2,552 adolescents aged 12-13 years old studying in 15 secondary schools based in Kinta, Perak. A multistage sampling method was used to select the schools and a self-administered structured questionnaire was applied to help categorize the participants into five different smoking stages. Nonsmokers were divided into never smokers and susceptible never smokers. Ever-smokers were categorized as experimenters, current smokers or ex-smokers. Results: Among the participants 46.8% were Malay, 33.5% Chinese and 17.1% Indians. At baseline, we had 85.3% non-smokers and 14.6% ever smokers. Incidence of adverse transition among all our participants was 24.1%, with a higher value among male participants (16.8%). A higher proportion of susceptible never smokers and experimenters progressed to current smoking stage compared to never smokers. Conclusions: This study highlights the changes and patterns of adverse transition among adolescents. Male adolescents, those who are susceptible to smoking and those who had already tried experimenting with cigarettes have a higher chance of escalating to a higher smoking stage.

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Tobacco control and gender in Southeast Asia. Part I: Malaysia and the Philippines

Cited by 57 publications

References 13 publications

Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors in an Asian Population

Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors in an Asian Population

Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Incidence of Adverse Transition in Smoking Stages among Adolescents of Kinta, Perak

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