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- Title
The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia.
- Authors
Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan; Manap, Roslina Abdul; Hassan, Tidi Maharani; Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani; Idris, Idayu Badilla; Sham, Fariza Md; Ban Yu Lin, Andrea; Chun Ian Soo; Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri; Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha; Zakaria, Hazli; Jing Lee; Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer; Ariaratnam, Suthahar; Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; SMOKING prevention; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; CONFIDENCE intervals; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HEALTH status indicators; POLICY sciences; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; SMOKING; SMOKING cessation; SOCIAL skills; CROSS-sectional method; ELECTRONIC cigarettes; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018, Vol 16, p1
- ISSN
2070-7266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18332/tid/99539