The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia
| Autor: | Mohd Zaliman Mohd Yusoff, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri Mohamed, Suthahar Ariaratnam, Idayu Badilla Idris, Hazli Zakaria, Jing Lee, Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin, Chun Ian Soo, Andrea Ban Yu Lin, Ahmad Irdha Mokhtar, Izzah Syazwani Ahmad, Tidi Hassan, Roslina Abdul Manap, Fariza Md. Sham |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Policy making medicine.medical_treatment Medicine (miscellaneous) Sociodemographic data 01 natural sciences lcsh:RC254-282 smoking 03 medical and health sciences Health problems 0302 clinical medicine university medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Adverse effect lcsh:RC705-779 Student population students business.industry 010102 general mathematics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Malaysia lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens electronic cigarettes Family medicine Smoking cessation Headaches medicine.symptom business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Tobacco Induced Diseases, Vol 16, Iss December (2018) Tobacco Induced Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1617-9625 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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