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The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia

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...

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Autores principales: Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan, Manap, Roslina Abdul, Hassan, Tidi Maharani, Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani, Idris, Idayu Badilla, Sham, Fariza Md, Lin, Andrea Ban Yu, Soo, Chun Ian, Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri, Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha, Zakaria, Hazli, Lee, Jing, Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer, Ariaratnam, Suthahar, Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID) 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6659562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516454
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/99539
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author Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan
Manap, Roslina Abdul
Hassan, Tidi Maharani
Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani
Idris, Idayu Badilla
Sham, Fariza Md
Lin, Andrea Ban Yu
Soo, Chun Ian
Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri
Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha
Zakaria, Hazli
Lee, Jing
Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer
Ariaratnam, Suthahar
Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd
author_facet Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan
Manap, Roslina Abdul
Hassan, Tidi Maharani
Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani
Idris, Idayu Badilla
Sham, Fariza Md
Lin, Andrea Ban Yu
Soo, Chun Ian
Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri
Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha
Zakaria, Hazli
Lee, Jing
Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer
Ariaratnam, Suthahar
Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-66595622019-09-12 The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan Manap, Roslina Abdul Hassan, Tidi Maharani Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani Idris, Idayu Badilla Sham, Fariza Md Lin, Andrea Ban Yu Soo, Chun Ian Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha Zakaria, Hazli Lee, Jing Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer Ariaratnam, Suthahar Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd Tob Induc Dis Research Paper 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. European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID) 2018-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6659562/ /pubmed/31516454 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/99539 Text en © 2018 Wan Puteh S. E https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Manap, Roslina Abdul
Hassan, Tidi Maharani
Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani
Idris, Idayu Badilla
Sham, Fariza Md
Lin, Andrea Ban Yu
Soo, Chun Ian
Mohamed, Rashidi Mohamed Pakri
Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha
Zakaria, Hazli
Lee, Jing
Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer
Ariaratnam, Suthahar
Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman Mohd
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516454
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/99539
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