UN Analysis Final.pdf - United Nations in Cambodia

FIGURE 6-4. PERCENTAGE OF YOUTHS WHO HAVE HEARD OF HIV AND AIDS, BY GENDER AND ETHNICITY
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Source: CSES 2004 datasets
6.2.4 TOBACCO USE
Smoking is a risk factor associated with serious diseases, and it is recognised as the single most preventable
cause of death in the general population. According to CSES 2004, smoking is more prevalent among
young men than young women, and across ages. Overall, 7.3 per cent of Cambodian youths aged 15-24
were current smokers (13.6 per cent males and 0.8 per cent female). A higher proportion of rural youths
(8.1 per cent) smoke cigarettes than urban youths (6.9 per cent) or youths in Phnom Penh (1.7 per cent).
More significantly, male youths in rural areas (15.1 per cent) smoked cigarettes more than their urban
counterparts (12.9 per cent) or young males in Phnom Penh (3.2 per cent). Female youths in rural areas
(0.8 per cent) also smoked more than those in other urban areas or in Phnom Penh, where almost no
smoking was noted (Figure 6-5).
Among adolescents aged 15-19 years, 2.9 per cent of males and females reported having smoked a cigarette.
Of these, 5.1 per cent of the males and 0.6 per cent of the females indicated they smoke on a daily basis.
By strata, the proportion of smokers among 15-19 year-old adolescents in rural areas was found to be higher
(3.3 per cent) than in urban areas (2 per cent) or Phnom Penh (0.9 per cent). Some 5.6 per cent of males in
rural areas said they had smoked compared to 3.8 per cent of males in urban areas and to 2 per cent in
Phnom Penh. While 0.7 per cent of females in rural areas were smokers, almost no females in urban areas
or Phnom Penh smoked.
Situation Analysis of Youth in Cambodia
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