The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia
adult; Article; cigarette smoking; clinical feature; controlled study; coughing; cross-sectional study; demography; dizziness; female; headache; human; Malaysia; male; priority journal; self concept; semi structured interview; sex difference; smoking cessation; social aspect; social behavior; univer...
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my.uniten.dspace-235122023-05-29T14:50:01Z The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia Wan Puteh S.E. Manap R.A. Hassan T.M. Ahmad I.S. Idris I.B. Sham F.M. Yu Lin A.B. Soo C.I. Pakri Mohamed R.M. Mokhtar A.I. Zakaria H. Lee J. Amer Nordin A.S. Ariaratnam S. Mohd Yusoff M.Z. 16834115500 6507080322 7101624647 57205407278 55240376200 55446085600 55627702400 56747512600 57201777190 57193121668 36702941000 55649527400 50761103400 21740325600 22636590200 adult; Article; cigarette smoking; clinical feature; controlled study; coughing; cross-sectional study; demography; dizziness; female; headache; human; Malaysia; male; priority journal; self concept; semi structured interview; sex difference; smoking cessation; social aspect; social behavior; university student 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. � 2018 EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Final 2023-05-29T06:50:01Z 2023-05-29T06:50:01Z 2018 Article 10.18332/tid/99539 2-s2.0-85059899998 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059899998&doi=10.18332%2ftid%2f99539&partnerID=40&md5=70aef866970607f2825d2b9f0389193b https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23512 16 December 57 All Open Access, Gold, Green International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases Scopus |
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Wan Puteh S.E. Manap R.A. Hassan T.M. Ahmad I.S. Idris I.B. Sham F.M. Yu Lin A.B. Soo C.I. Pakri Mohamed R.M. Mokhtar A.I. Zakaria H. Lee J. Amer Nordin A.S. Ariaratnam S. Mohd Yusoff M.Z. |
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