The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia.

Autor: Puteh SEW; Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Manap RA; Respiratory Units, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Hassan TM; Respiratory Units, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ahmad IS; Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Idris IB; Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Sham FM; Department Da'wah and Leadership Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia., Lin ABY; Respiratory Units, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Soo CI; Respiratory Units, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Mohamed RMP; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; University Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS), University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Mokhtar AI; Department Da'wah and Leadership Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia., Zakaria H; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lee J; Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia., Nordin ASA; University Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS), University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ariaratnam S; Department of Psychological and Behavioural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selayang Campus, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia., Yusoff MZM; Department of Software Engineering, College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Kajang, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tobacco induced diseases [Tob Induc Dis] 2018 Dec 10; Vol. 16, pp. 57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 10 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI: 10.18332/tid/99539
Abstrakt: Introduction: E-cigarette use is an emerging phenomenon with increasing recognition and acceptance globally. This study aims to create a profile of e-cigarette users among university students in Malaysia.
Methods: The study was conducted using a cross-sectional research involving six universities in Malaysia. A semi-structured questionnaire was distributed to 1302 randomly selected students, who either smoked cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes. The 2011 version of Global Adult Tobacco Surveys (GATS) tool was used to record the respondents' sociodemographic data.
Results: The study revealed that 74.9% of the respondents smoked e-cigarettes; 40.3% used both cigarettes and e-cigarettes (dual users), and 34.5% were exclusive e-cigarette users. The exclusive use of e-cigarettes was related to gender (OR=0.18, 95% CI: 0.09-0.39). Also, male respondents were the majority users (95%). Of the respondents, 75.2 % were Malays, 98.0% single and most believed they have no health problems (92.1%). Further findings revealed the occurrence of adverse effects, dizziness 14.4%, cough 14.1%, and headaches 12.4%. Overall, 57.8% of the respondents used e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool, while others consider e-cigarettes a self-image enhancing tool or as part of social activities.
Conclusions: Further research on the use of e-cigarettes should be conducted on a large number of respondents in other settings to augment the findings of this study, and also guide policy making on and prevention practice of e-cigarette use, among the general student population in Malaysia.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests, financial or otherwise, related to the current work. All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and report grants from Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE), during the conduct of the study.
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