ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Juree Usaha,Seranee Julasereekul

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Alcohol Consumption in Thailand

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Health Science, Vol. 14 No. 1, January-February 2005, Page 1-8.

รายละเอียด / Details:

The review of alcohol consumption in Thailand showed an evidence of an increasing per capita trend from 7.46 liter in 1990 to 13.59 liter in 2000, a –one fold increase in a decade and was internationally ranked as the fifth The National Statistical Office reported that 35.5 percent of the Thai people are alcohol drinkers some started at 11 years of age The majority of alcohol consumption was 74.6 percent of 25-44 year old male There is an increasing number of male drinkers in particular the rate was 21.2 percent of the teenage group (11-19 years) Formidable 6 time increase (1.0-5.6 percent) of female drinkers (15-19 years ) was observed within 7 years (1996-2003) lt seemed that young Thais started to drink at ever younger age Therewae a strong indication that drinking became more popular in every age group of both genders and could be measured at the rate of a one-fold increase of number of drinkers every three years The critical factors conducive to drinking behavior were friends family social and culture in addition commercial advertisement was an important factor as well The media contributing considerably to alcohol consumption among teenagers were television and movies Although large efforts have been made to discourage drinking such as campaigning aiming to increase public awareness no visible result could been witnessed

Keywords: alcohol consumption, Thai Society, substance dependence, drug use, addict

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2005

Address: Bureau of Non-communicable Disease Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health

Code: 20050000290

ISSN/ISBN: 0858-4923

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: special article

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