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Abstract

This research aims to study the smoking behavior and the factors related to smoking behavior of smokers in Surat Thani province. The research sample is the smoking people who live in Surat Thani province. Accidental Sampling applied to 384 smoking of this representative sample by answering questionnaires and summarizing by Chi-squared statistics. The results are as follows. The most respondents are single male with an average age of 36 and work for private companies having average salary at 24,593.61 Baht with their undergraduate degrees. At the age of between 15 to 25 is the mean of having first cigarette and inquisitiveness is the main reason of smoking. The participants smoke for more than 10 years and often choose to buy domestic cigarette brands. Smokers always purchase their favourite cigarette taste and smoke when being stressful. The most answerers smoke less than 10 cigarettes per day and convenient stores are easy place to buy it. Average cigarette price is at 50 to 100 Baht. Happiness is smoking, on the contrary smokers may be easily tired when stop smoking for a long time. Smoking behavior contain the various of factors so this research found that personal reasons, sex, age, marital status, education, and monthly income, are the main factors of causing smoking behavior of smokers in Surat Thani province. Suggestions for institutes, children and youth should be educated and guided of the bad effects of smoking so that they can understand and realise not to smoke. Family is the first and basic example thus family members should be empathized and given good advices to each other. Limit the place to buy and restrict area to smoke should be stricter. Relevant departments should clearly declare and specify of terrible effects of smoking in order to warn everyone not to smoke.