ArticleBMC public health2015
Use of electronic cigarettes among Romanian university students: a cross-sectional study.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Cigarette Smoking and Electronic Cigarettes Use: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
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- The FRESHAIR4Life study: Global implementation research on non-communicable disease prevention targeting adolescents' exposure to tobacco and air pollution in disadvantaged populations.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence and Determinants Influencing the Use of Electronic Cigarette Smoking in Male Students of Taif University.Cureus · 2023Article
- Prevalence of adolescent risk behaviors at 11 and 15 years of age: data from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2023Article
- Prediction and potential risk factors for electronic cigarette use behaviors among adolescents: a pilot study in Chiayi, Taiwan.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- E-Cigarette Use among University Students from One University in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Associated Factors.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Opinions and Practices Regarding Electronic Cigarette Use among Middle School Students from Rural Areas of Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Knowledge, beliefs, attitude, and practices of E-cigarette use among dental students: A multinational survey.PloS one · 2022Article
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- Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Relationship with Smoking and Alcohol and Illicit Drug Consumption among Romanian University Students.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Analysis of Associations Between Reasons for Electronic Cigarette Use and Change in Smoking Status Among Adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Awareness, current use of electronic cigarettes and associated smoking factors in Zhejiang Chinese adolescents.PloS one · 2019Article
- Patterns of awareness and use of electronic cigarettes in Mexico, a middle-income country that bans them: Results from a 2016 national survey.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Perceptions and Reasons Regarding E-Cigarette Use among Users and Non-Users: A Narrative Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Electronic Cigarette Use in Students and Its Relation with Tobacco-Smoking: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the i-Share Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Electronic cigarettes: what are they and what do they do?Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2017Review
- E-cigarettes, conventional cigarettes, and dual use in Korean adolescents and university students: Prevalence and risk factors.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
- Patterns of electronic cigarette use in current and ever users among college students in France: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundBecause electronic cigarettes are relatively new, data on usage patterns and factors which influence them are sparse. Hence, this study aims at assessing awareness, beliefs about electronic cigarettes and experimentation with them among university students from Romania- a country where the sales and marketing of these products are widespread. Secondly, correlates of electronic cigarette experimentation will also be investigated.
methodsA cross-sectional study was performed by means of anonymous questionnaires among 480 students, aged 19-24, from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, between April-May 2013.
resultsThe results show that 92.5% of the students have heard about e-cigarettes; out of these, one quarter (53.3% of the smokers, 25% of the ex-smokers, 5.5% of the non-smokers) have tried electronic cigarettes at least once during lifetime. The results of the multinomial logistic regression point out that the correlates of electronic cigarette experimentation were: male gender, being a smoker of traditional cigarettes, having friends who experimented with electronic cigarettes, having stronger beliefs that electronic cigarettes could help them quit smoking and being less convinced that they are used only by smokers. The explained variance was 59%.
conclusionsThe results underline the importance of addressing the issue of e-cigarette use through health education programs and regulatory interventions, since e-cigarettes are a reality faced by the Romanian youth.
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