2. INTRODUCTION

4. Every day , THOUSANDS of young people around the world are trying their first cigarette and 80,000 – 100,000 are becoming regular smokers often precipitating a lifetime of addiction and untimely death.

6. Fig 13:“Youth should be inculcated in a “ Calture without Tobacco”- Chairman ASH IQSW 2000

9. Prevalence of Smoking among Malaysians Estimated: ~ 3 million smokers in Malaysia (2006) 1996 2004 2006 NHMS2 UPM NHMS3 ( > 18 yrs) ( > 18 yrs) ( > 18 yrs) Overall 24.8% 23.2% 21.5% Male 49.2% 47.2 46.4% Female 3.5% 2.7% 1.6% Malay 27.9% 28.9 % 24% Chinese 19.2% 18.7% 16.2% Indian 16.2% 16.8% 13.7% Others 32.4% 22.5% 23.8%

10. OBJECTIVES

12. MATERIALS AND METHODS

17. RESULTS

20. Prevalence of Smoking

21. Overall Prevalence Current Smokers 9.9% Former Smokers 3.8% Never Smokers 86.3% Ever Smokers 13.7% 2008 Respondents Reference: Table 4.7

22. Fig. Smoking Prevalence Among Students Current Smokers 8.9% Former Smokers 3.2% Never Smokers 87.9% Ever Smokers 12.1% Students (1777)

23. Smoking Prevalence Among Staff Current Smokers 17.7% Former Smokers 8.2% Never Smokers 74% Ever Smokers 26% Staff (231) Reference: Table 4.7

24. Overall Prevalence by Sex Never Smokers 86.3% Ever Smokers 13.7% 30% 2.8% Current Smokers Former Smokers 70% 97.2% Male 804 Female 1204 21.8% 2% 8.2% 0.8%

25. Patterns of Smoking

26. Table 9: Current and Former Smokers by Age Group (Students and Staff’s ) Table 4.9: Students and Staff’s Current Smoking Prevalence of by Age Groups Age Group Smoking Status Total Current Never No % No % No % Students < 20 years 19 6.3 282 93.7 301 100.0 20 - 24 110 8.7 1153 91.3 1263 100.0 25 -30 17 13.2 112 86.8 129 100.0 > 30 years 12 14.3 72 85.7 84 100.0 Total 158 8.9 57 91.1 1777 100.0 Staff 20 - 24 13 21.0 49 79.0 62 100.0 25 - 30 16 25.8 46 74.2 62 100.0 31 - 40 6 15.4 33 84.6 39 100.0 41- 50 6 9.8 55 90.2 61 100.0 > 50 years 0 0.0 7 100.0 7 100.0 Total 41 17.7 190 82.3 231 100.0

27. Table 1: Respondents Smoking Prevalence by Ethnic Group Table 10: Smoking Prevalence by Ethnic Group Smoking Status Total Ever Smokers Current Smokers Never Smokers Ethnic Group No % No % No % No % Indian 12 19.0 8 12. 7 51 81.0 63 100.0 Malay 199 15.8 146 11.6 1063 84.2 1262 100.0 Chinese 35 6.3 23 4.2 519 93.7 554 100.0 Other Races 29 22.5 22 17.1 100 77.5 129 100.0 Total 275 13.7 199 9.9 1733 86.3 2008 100.0

28. Table 12: Prevalence of Ever, Current, Former and Never Smoker by Religion Study’s smoking prevalence by Race was lower than NHMS 2, 1996 100.0 2008 86.3 1733 3.8 76 9.9 199 13.7 275 Total 100.0 31 80.6 25 3.2 1 16.1 5 19.4 6 No-religion 100.0 54 85.2 46 1.9 1 13.0 7 14.8 8 Hindu 100.0 102 86.3 88 4.8 5 8.8 9 13.7 14 Christian 100.0 471 94.5 445 1.7 8 3.8 18 5.5 26 Buddhist 100.0 1350 83.6 1129 4.5 61 11.9 160 16.4 221 Islam % No % No % No % No % No Never Former Current Ever Total Smoking Status Religion

29. Table 13: Respondents Smoking Prevalence by Occupations Occupation of Respondent Smoking Status Total (%) Ever Smokers Current Smoker Never Smokers No % No % No % No % Supporting staff 17 38.6 12 27.3 27 61.4 44 100.0 Technician 8 36.4 7 31.8 14 63.6 22 100.0 Clerical 16 25.0 10 15.6 48 75.0 64 100.0 Administrative 14 23.7 9 15.3 45 76.3 59 100.0 Academics 5 11.9 3 7.1 37 88.1 42 100.0 Student 215 12.1 158 8.9 1562 87.9 1777 100.0 Total 275 13.7 199 9.9 1733 86.3 2008 100.0

30. Figure 5: Smoking Prevalence with Total Monthly Family Income χ2 = 17.55; df = 4 and p = 0.002

31. Table 14: Prevalence of Ever Smokers by Faculties and Sex in UPM Name of the Faculty Ever Smoker Total Male Female No % No % No % Faculty of Science 70 36.3 14 4.5 84 30.5 Faculty of Agriculture 30 36.1 1 0.6 31 11.3 Faculty of Economics 40 33.1 9 3.3 49 17.8 Graduate School of Management 10 32.3 1 2.5 11 4.0 Faculty of Medicine 20 25.0 3 3.0 23 8.4 Faculty of Engineering 57 24.6 1 0.8 58 21.1 Faculty of Human Ecology 14 21.9 5 2.6 19 6.9 Total 241 30.0 34 2.8 275 100.0

32. Table 15: Smoking Initiation Age Age (Yrs) 95% CI Over all 16.7 16.2 17.1 Male 16.4 16.0 16.9 Female 18.1 17.0 19.0 Students 16.4 16.0 16.9 Staff 17.5 16.3 18.2 Malays 16.3 15.8 16.8 Diploma 15.0 12.9 17.1

33. Table 4.26: Reasons for Smoking amongst Ever Smokers Reasons for Smoking Count % of Responses % of Cases To try for Fun 149 42. 8 54.2 To Release Tension 80 23. 0 29.1 Friends Influence 60 17. 2 21.8 It is stylish to Smoke 32 9. 2 11.6 Parents Smoke 22 6.3 8. 0 Others 5 1. 5 1. 8 Total 348 100.0 126.5

37. MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE

38. Thank You For NOT SMOKING