Changes in student behaviors and policy opinion regarding E-cigarettes at a Kentucky University from 2014 to 2018

Autor: Jason W. Marion, Alina Strand, Elliott Baldridge
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 22, Iss , Pp 101364- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3355
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101364
Popis: The behaviors and opinions regarding e-cigarette use and campus policies prohibiting vaping vary greatly among college students nationally. Kentucky is one of the four U.S. states with the highest tobacco use prevalence, and characterizing e-cigarette use, trends and policy opinions among Kentucky undergraduates may inform interventions. To characterize population-level differences in e-cigarette-related behaviors and policy opinions among undergraduates from 2014 to 2018, results from two cross-sectional surveys (2014 and 2018) from a public regional university in south-central Kentucky were analyzed. Students from randomly selected undergraduate general studies courses completed a 5-minute in-class survey. Data were obtained from 514 and 519 respondents in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Mean age did not differ (19.9 and 20.1 years; p = 0.41) nor did class rank (p = 0.30) by survey year. Chi-square analysis indicated previous 30-day e-cigarette use was higher in 2018 than 2014 (28% vs. 18%; p
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