Family told me to try it! Thai Health Promotion Foundation reveals the results of a survey on ‘e-cigarettes’: 15% of primary school children start smoking.

Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health Promotion Foundation) releases the results of a survey on “e-cigarettes” with shocking numbers: 15% of elementary school students have been told by family members to try e-cigarettes. Meanwhile, Thai children’s use of e-cigarettes increased 5.3 times from 3.3% in 2015 to 17.6% in 2022.

Thailand Youth Institute (YT) in collaboration with Spell Shopping Center Future Park Rangsit, Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) andThai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health Promotion Foundation) Organize an exhibition to share knowledge about “Electric cigarettes are so satisfying you’ll die: The truth that e-cigarettes never tell you” To raise awareness of the facts about the dangers of e-cigarettes. at Spell Shopping Center Future Park Rangsit

Dr. Phongthep Wongwatcharapaiboon Manager of the Health Promotion Fund (Thai Health Promotion Foundation) said that the situation of electronic cigarette smoking in Thailand today There is still a trend of increasing continuously. Especially among children and youth

Results of the survey of tobacco product consumption among Thai youth (Global Youth Tobacco Survey: GYTS) year 2022

• It was found that the use of electronic cigarettes by children and youth increased leaps and bounds from 3.3 percent in 2015 to 17.6 percent in 2022, or an increase of 5.3 times.

Survey results of e-cigarette use behaviorof a primary school in the central region Sample group of 152 people during January 2024 by medical students. Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Shocking information found about the causes of vaping among children in grades 4-5

15 percent of the sample had been asked by a family member to try smoking e-cigarettes. Meanwhile, among children who had previously smoked e-cigarettes, 73 percent said their source of e-cigarettes came from family, friends, and people in the community.

“The results of this survey clearly reflect that “parents” still lack knowledge. and awareness of the effects of vaping on their children Therefore, educating the group of parents along with educating children and youth both in the education system and outside the education system. The situation that has arisen is very important for all sectors to hasten to provide correct knowledge about e-cigarettes, which are as dangerous as other types of cigarettes,” said Dr. Pongthep.

An exhibition exposing knowledge on “Electric cigarettes, until you die: The truth that e-cigarettes never tell you” was held from 24 April – 10 May 2024 at Spell Shopping Center. Future Park Rangsit