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E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence
BACKGROUND: The popularity of e-cigarettes is increasing rapidly worldwide and advertisements for such products are becoming ubiquitous in the media. Health concerns and smoking cessation are the most commonly reported reasons for traditional tobacco smokers to shift to e-cigarettes. As a result, th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681668 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_567_19 |
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author | Almutham, Abdullah Altami, Mohammed Sharaf, Fawzy AlAraj, Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: The popularity of e-cigarettes is increasing rapidly worldwide and advertisements for such products are becoming ubiquitous in the media. Health concerns and smoking cessation are the most commonly reported reasons for traditional tobacco smokers to shift to e-cigarettes. As a result, the global market for e-cigarettes is on the rise. However, they are still a potential cause for many diseases. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study carried out at Qassim University in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. A prevalidated questionnaire was distributed to medical students in April 2018 to evaluate the experience, knowledge, and awareness of e-cigarettes among the participants. RESULTS: About one in ten students confirmed having smoked an e-cigarette. There was no significant relationship between e-cigarette users and demographic factors, such as gender, academic level, or age. However, the study showed a significant association between e-cigarette smoking and having an e-cigarette smoker among family members or friends. Most students 71.9% were not sure whether e-cigarettes were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for smoking cessation. Only 23.3% of those surveyed believed that e-cigarettes can help in smoking cessation, whereas only 11% said that they would recommend it for a patient. On the contrary, 49.6% agreed that e-cigarettes are addictive. In response to another question, 92% reported receiving no education in medical school about e-cigarettes. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that medical students lacked knowledge about e-cigarettes. Therefore, more studies are needed to raise awareness about e-cigarettes, especially since the habit of using e-cigarettes is invading our society. |
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spelling | pubmed-68203932019-11-01 E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence Almutham, Abdullah Altami, Mohammed Sharaf, Fawzy AlAraj, Ali J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: The popularity of e-cigarettes is increasing rapidly worldwide and advertisements for such products are becoming ubiquitous in the media. Health concerns and smoking cessation are the most commonly reported reasons for traditional tobacco smokers to shift to e-cigarettes. As a result, the global market for e-cigarettes is on the rise. However, they are still a potential cause for many diseases. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study carried out at Qassim University in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. A prevalidated questionnaire was distributed to medical students in April 2018 to evaluate the experience, knowledge, and awareness of e-cigarettes among the participants. RESULTS: About one in ten students confirmed having smoked an e-cigarette. There was no significant relationship between e-cigarette users and demographic factors, such as gender, academic level, or age. However, the study showed a significant association between e-cigarette smoking and having an e-cigarette smoker among family members or friends. Most students 71.9% were not sure whether e-cigarettes were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for smoking cessation. Only 23.3% of those surveyed believed that e-cigarettes can help in smoking cessation, whereas only 11% said that they would recommend it for a patient. On the contrary, 49.6% agreed that e-cigarettes are addictive. In response to another question, 92% reported receiving no education in medical school about e-cigarettes. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that medical students lacked knowledge about e-cigarettes. Therefore, more studies are needed to raise awareness about e-cigarettes, especially since the habit of using e-cigarettes is invading our society. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6820393/ /pubmed/31681668 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_567_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Almutham, Abdullah Altami, Mohammed Sharaf, Fawzy AlAraj, Ali E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title | E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title_full | E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title_fullStr | E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title_full_unstemmed | E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title_short | E-cigarette use among medical students at Qassim University: Knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
title_sort | e-cigarette use among medical students at qassim university: knowledge, perception, and prevalence |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681668 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_567_19 |
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