As part of the research activities of the Tobacco Control for Leader= ship Training, ADRA Cambodia is now partnering with the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning to conduct a National Tobacco Prevalence Survey (NTPS)

National Tobacco Prevalence Survey

As part of the research activities of the Tobacco Control for Leadership Train= ing, ADRA Cambodia has been partnering with the National Institute of Statistics= (NIS), Ministry of Planning to conduct a National Tobacco Prevalence Survey (NTPS). The survey= is conducted as a nationwide sample survey of villages and households and allo= ws the creation of a national representative sample of 10710 subjects age 18 a= nd over.

The data from this survey will provides information about Cambodian peoples on:=

1- Demographic

2- Tobacco use including smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco, smoking pipe, and age at initiation, reasons for starting/continuing to use tobacco,

3- Knowledge and attitudes about tobacco use including knowledge of harmful effects, attitudes about tobacco use, and attitudes about tobacco use in the community, attitudes ab= out anti-tobacco policies, and attitudes about addiction

4- Passive smoking

5- Smoking cessation=

6- Lifestyle including anthropometrics, diet, health status, access to health care, and women̵= 7;s health,

7- Media.

The principal aim of the National Tobacco Prevalence Survey is to collect impor= tant information from villagers and households and a nationally representative sample of targeted populations on various facets of tobacco prevalence conditions of the people of Cambodia. The survey process and data collected would be very useful for the key toba= cco researchers, especially the trainees in the tobacco control course to learn= and experience a variety of research methods and various steps of techniques. T= he data collected could be better and perfect as wide ranging indicators of le= vels of tobacco prevalence in different geographical areas and in different soci= al and economic classes. T= hese will help defining scale of the problem of smoking, understanding the effec= ts of tobacco, help in monitoring and analyzing tobacco prevalence control in = Cambodia in order to develop or accelerate national strategic policy on tobacco consump= tion control.