Thai kids start smoking at 5, drinking at 4: ABAC Poll

Drug Problem Reaches Critical Level in Thailand

An ABAC poll has showed that the drug problem in Thailand has reached a critical level as kids as young as five are trying their first cigarette.

Director of ABAC Social Innovation in Management and Business Analysis Research Center at Assumption University, Noppadol Kannika, disclosed the results of a recent poll, which studied drinking, smoking and drug use among Thai teens and youths.

The survey was conducted among 12.25 million people aged between 12 and 24 from 17 provinces nationwide from August 15 to September 14.

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