Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study determine factors and behavior associated with smoking among the first year student in Phayao University. The samples groups were 360 of the first year student in Phayao University, the results were as follows: the samples started smoking between 13"15 years of age need to be group belonging and their smoking habit lasted 1"2 years. Major cause of smoking is they usually smoked between 2"3 cigarettes per week because of the habit; the average purchasing expense of cigarettes was 301 " 500 baht per week. A demand for service and product is chewing gum, usually smoking when uses the idea and the cause of smoking is higher than normal during the exam. The factors concerning smoking of the first year student in Phayao University was at the moderate level for conceptual framework of three aspects, in descending order as follows: economic factors s was at the high level, social factors was at the moderate level, and psychology factor was at the moderate level. The result of this study recommended that University should promote and increase awareness of the impact of smoking, lunch the campaign to change attitudes and values, support a group or club to non-smoking for create a unified and values and operating with cooperation with convenience store around campus for not selling cigarettes to students.