| Autor: |
Rayshell Dhandoolal, Shivanni De Gannes, Andrew Dhanoolal, Matthew Desaine, Dania Dukhoo, Stephen Duncombe, Dylan Dupraj, Tai Dorsett, Isaac Dialsingh, Sateesh Sakhamuri, Lexley M. Pinto Pereira |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
European Medical Journal Respiratory, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 108-115 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2054-3166 |
| Popis: |
Currently, evidence concerning electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in the West Indies is unavailable. This study examines the prevalence and associated factors of e-cigarette use in young Trinidadian adults, 6 years after e-cigarettes were introduced in Trinidad. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 years were surveyed from May–June 2016. Based on the survey results, descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used to identify correlations in e-cigarette use. The prevalence of those who had used e-cigarettes was 24.6%, and 41.9% of these people had used both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes. A high proportion (16.95%) of those who had never used tobacco cigarettes had used e-cigarettes. Males were twice as likely as females to have used e-cigarettes (odds ratio [OR]: 2.60; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.85–3.68), and participants aged 18–25 years were more likely than those aged 36–40 years to use e-cigarettes (OR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.14–0.81). The predictors of e-cigarette use as assessed by univariate analysis were current tobacco cigarette smoking (OR: 9.34; 95% CI: 6.14–14.39; p |
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