E-cigarette use among young adults in Poland: Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette users
| Autor: | Anna Pękala-Wojciechowska, Krzysztof Bielewicz, Jan E Zejda, Szymon Skoczyński, Damian Mojsak, Andrei Shpakou, Michał Poznański, Paulina Pepłowska, Joachim Zborowski, Kamil Kornicki, Wojciech J. Piotrowski, Mateusz Jankowski, Paulina Majek, Katarzyna Guziejko, Robert Mróz, Marta Rachel, Łukasz Minarowski, Grzegorz Brożek, Tadeusz Maria Zielonka, Adam Ziobroń, Joshua Lawson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Cigarette use Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Overall response rate Cigarette smoking law Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult business.industry Vaping Smoking Mean age General Medicine Smoking initiation Cross-Sectional Studies 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Poland business Electronic cigarette Demography |
| Zdroj: | Advances in medical sciences. 65(2) |
| ISSN: | 1898-4002 |
| Popis: | Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is one of the most popular alternatives to conventional cigarette smoking. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cigarette and e-cigarette use among university students from Poland, with particular emphasis on ever and current cigarette and e-cigarette use as well as smoking initiation age.A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2017 and 2018 in a group of university students in 5 academic centers in Poland. The questionnaire addressed 46 questions about personal attitudes toward cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use.Data were collected from 7324 participants (67.3% females, aged 21.9 ± 2.1 years), with an overall response rate of 70.1%. Among participants, 71.2% had ever smoked a cigarette, and almost half of the respondents (45%) declared ever use of an e-cigarette. The mean age of first use of a cigarette was significantly lower (16.5 ± 2.5 y-old) than of an e-cigarette (18.6 ± 2.2 y-old; p 0.001). Exclusive cigarette smoking was declared by 12.9%, 1.3% were e-cigarette users and 1.5% were dual users. Those in the medical field were less likely to try e-cigarettes (odds ratio, OR = 0.73) or to currently smoke conventional cigarettes (OR = 0.82). Older participants were more likely to have ever smoked conventional cigarettes (OR = 1.06), but less likely to have ever used e-cigarettes (OR = 0.88).In this study, we found a high proportion of young adults who have tried e-cigarettes with both regional and demographic differences. The education profile influences cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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