OPINION OF SMOKERS IN BANGKOK METROPOLITAN AREA ON METHODS TO QUIT SMOKING

Chantana  Changchenvate; Udomporn  Yingpaiboonsuk; Kanrawee  Thiralertpanit

Chantana Changchenvate Faculty of Nursing and Health, SuanSunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Udomporn Yingpaiboonsuk Office of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Drug Abuse Treatment Section
Kanrawee Thiralertpanit Health Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the opinion of Smokers in Bangkok Metropolitan area on methods to quit smoking reviews on smoking cessation methods of people in Bangkok Thailand how to conduct research the research model is a descriptive research, for example, a smoker living in the metropolitan area of Bangkok and its vicinity,Thailand. Use a accidentally sampling technique from the above population. Number of 332People research tools are questionnaires created by researchers. Collect information with a sample group to respond to a questionnaire. Analyzes data with the average and standard deviation.
The research results showed that a smoker who was a citizen in the metropolitan area of Bangkok Thailand. In the overview, there is a comment on how to quit out of cigarettes in each method very rarely how quit smoking. That Sample Huge selection 3 first is in the medical treatment by prescription ranked that1 Use of the drug quit smoking from Medical Order (smoking cessation medications) 67.12%ranked 2 Use of the drug alternative Nicotine Therapy-Gum Form (NRT-nicotine chewing gum) 61.74%and ranked 3 Use your mouth rinse to quit.