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The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorWan Puteh S.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorManap R.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHassan T.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad I.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIdris I.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSham F.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYu Lin A.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSoo C.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPakri Mohamed R.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMokhtar A.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZakaria H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLee J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAmer Nordin A.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAriaratnam S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Yusoff M.Z.en_US
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dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:50:01Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionadult; 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 studenten_US
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION 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.en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo57
dc.identifier.doi10.18332/tid/99539
dc.identifier.issueDecember
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85059899998
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059899998&doi=10.18332%2ftid%2f99539&partnerID=40&md5=70aef866970607f2825d2b9f0389193b
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23512
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.publisherInternational Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseasesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold, Green
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleTobacco Induced Diseases
dc.titleThe use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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