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Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students
Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electron...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31835705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245038 |
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author | Font-Mayolas, Sílvia Sullman, Mark J. M. Gras, Maria-Eugenia |
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description | Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electronic cigarettes) among young adults (n = 355) in Spain and Turkey. The survey measured demographics, lifetime and past month tobacco use, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, whether waterpipes and e-cigarettes contained nicotine and reasons for using these substances. The majority of the Turkish (men = 80% and women = 63.9%) and Spanish sample (men = 61.4% and women = 69.3%) were polytobacco users. The most common reason for using e-cigarettes was “to experiment, to see what is like” (Turkish sample: men 66.7% and women 57.1; Spanish sample: men 72.7% and women 93.8%). The most common reason to use regular cigarettes was “to relax and relieve tension” (Turkish sample: men 88.9% and women 77.6%; Spanish sample: men 78.1% and women 76%), while for waterpipe users, the most common reason was “to experiment, to see what it is like” (Turkish sample: men 93.3% and women 80%; Spanish sample: men 78.9% and women 93.8%). The implications for prevention and future research are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-69502552020-01-16 Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students Font-Mayolas, Sílvia Sullman, Mark J. M. Gras, Maria-Eugenia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electronic cigarettes) among young adults (n = 355) in Spain and Turkey. The survey measured demographics, lifetime and past month tobacco use, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, whether waterpipes and e-cigarettes contained nicotine and reasons for using these substances. The majority of the Turkish (men = 80% and women = 63.9%) and Spanish sample (men = 61.4% and women = 69.3%) were polytobacco users. The most common reason for using e-cigarettes was “to experiment, to see what is like” (Turkish sample: men 66.7% and women 57.1; Spanish sample: men 72.7% and women 93.8%). The most common reason to use regular cigarettes was “to relax and relieve tension” (Turkish sample: men 88.9% and women 77.6%; Spanish sample: men 78.1% and women 76%), while for waterpipe users, the most common reason was “to experiment, to see what it is like” (Turkish sample: men 93.3% and women 80%; Spanish sample: men 78.9% and women 93.8%). The implications for prevention and future research are discussed. MDPI 2019-12-11 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6950255/ /pubmed/31835705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245038 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Font-Mayolas, Sílvia Sullman, Mark J. M. Gras, Maria-Eugenia Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title | Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title_full | Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title_fullStr | Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title_short | Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students |
title_sort | sex and polytobacco use among spanish and turkish university students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31835705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245038 |
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