FACTORS RELATED TO THE SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTATION SMOKING PREVENTION AND SMOKING CESSATION FOR YOUTH OF HIGHHER EDUCATION INSTITUITION IN HUAHIN DISTRICE PRACHAUBKIRIKHAN PROVINCE
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to; accesses the Success in implementation smoking
prevention and smoking cessation for Youth in Education Institution; examine the relationship
between demographic factors and the implementation success of the smoking prevention
and cessation policy for youth in education Institution; and explain relationship between
factors related to policy implementation and the success in implementing the smoking
prevention and cessation policy for youth in Education Institution.
The study employed quantitative survey design. The samples include 251 undergraduate
students of higher education Institution in HuaHin district Prachuabkirikhan province. Data
were collected with questionnaires. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics in
mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics by using Chi square and
Pearson correlation.
Result revealed that success in Implementing the smoking prevention and smoking
cessation for youth in education institutions was at high level overall mean 3.66;The
demographic factors were not correlated with the implementation success of the smoking
prevention and smoking cessation policy for youth in education institutions; The factors
related to policy Implementation were positively correlated with the success in implementing
the prevention and smoking cessation for youth in higher education institutions at .01
significance level.