The Effect of Little Ironweed Herbal Candy in Reducing Smoking Behavior of People in Bang Toey Community, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province

Abstract

The objective of quasi-experimental research were 1) The purpose of this study was to study the smoking behavior of people in Bang Toey Community, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, and   2) to study the satisfaction with Ya Dok Khao (little ironweed) herbal candy products. The sample group studied were smokers aged 18-60 years old in the Bang Toey Community Area, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, totaling 30 people. During January - June 2022, the purposive selection method was used according to the inclusion criteria. Data were collected using general information questionnaire, 10-item smoking behavior questionnaire, weekly smoking record form, Ya Dok Khao herbal candy recording form each day, satisfaction questionnaire for the use of Ya Dok Khao herbal candy to reduce smoking (10 items) and the nicotine addiction questionnaire consisted of 6 items. The validation of content was 0.92, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.867. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics including    frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and T-test analytical statistics were used with  statistical significance level at 0.05.

The results; most of the samples were male (96.67%), average age 31-40 years old (SD = 33.33). Most of them had daily smoking habits, the amount of smoking was between 10-20 cigarettes per day. Most of the cigarettes smoked in packets or instant cigarettes. They smoked frequent when anxious (33.33%). If they could not smoking symptoms of irritability and restlessness should be present 50% and 33.33% respectively. The smoking behavior, there was decrease amount in smoking each week after  using Ya Dok Khao herbal candy. The average cigarettes used on the first day was 24.83 cigarettes (SD = 6.65). By the fourth week, the amount of smoking was reduced to 14.83 cigarettes (SD = 4.65), this was statistically significant (p=0.001) in every week comparison. The satisfaction was high level (x̄ = 4.44, SD=0.18).