E-cigarette use among Serbian adults: prevalence and user characteristics

Kilibarda, Biljana; Mravčík, Viktor; Martens, Marcus-Sebastian

doi:10.1007/s00038-016-0787-y

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“…This is the one of first studies to explore knowledge, attitudes and use of e-cigarettes in adult population, and to examine differences according to sex, age, place of living, educational status and smoking status. The prevalence rate of current use of e-cigarettes is (5.8%) of all respondents -9.2% men and 4.5% women, which is similar to the rates from studies in Great Britain 3.5% [20], United States 4-7%, France 6%, Australia 7% [21,22] and Serbia 1.6-2.3% [23] but more than relevant data for Croatia from Special Eurobarometer which is only 1% [16].…”

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confidence: 71%

“…The lifetime prevalence is 66.0% -men 53.3% and women 44.6% which is more than in Serbia 8.5 -10.8%, United States 13 -15%, Australia 20%, France 25.7%, Netherlands 40% and in previous research in Croatia 8% [20,[22][23][24]. People from the youngest age group (18-30 years of age) are the ones who tried e-cigarettes the most 60.8%, like in some other studies -48.8% [23]. Almost all (97.9%) participants in our study have heard of e-cigarettes, similar to the American study (91.9%) [25].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 75%

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of E-Cigarettes

Puharić¹,

Smola²,

Žulec³

et al. 2020

Arch. Psychiatry Res.

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Aim: Investigate knowledge, attitudes and use of e-cigarettes among Croatian population with validated online questionnaire. Methods: Study included 531 subjects who volunteered to participate and was done using online anonymous questionnaire in 2017; the link to questionnaire was on social media on the University of Applied Sciences Official web site. To limit duplicate responses, one response per IP address was permitted. Specially designed questionnaire using internationally validated surveys: „The young people in Scotland schools omnibus 2014: questions on e-cigarettes“, “Monitoring the future-National survey results on drug results” and The European commission-Special Eurobarometer Report-Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and electronic cigarettes. Results: There were 379 (71.4%) women and 152 (28.6%) men in the study. Almost all (97.9%) participants have heard of e-cigarettes. The prevalence rate of the current use of e-cigarettes is (5.8%) of all respondents-9.2% men and 4.5% women. Men know more about e-cigarettes (χ²=8.573, ss=2, p=0.014), and use it more often than women (χ²=4.406, ss=1, p=0.036). The largest number of users are in the age group of 18-30 years, and the largest number of respondents who are seeing advertisements for e-cigarettes see them in social media. People with lower education have tried e-cigarettes more than people with higher level of education (χ²=9.750, ss=3, p=0.020). Cigarettes smokers have more knowledge about composition of e-cigarettes (χ²=7.966, ss=2, p=0.019) and more of them tried e-cigarettes than non-smokers (χ²=5.576, ss=1, p=0.018). Conclusion: Questions related to knowledge show a lack of knowledge of the general population about possible consequences of long-term use e-cigarettes that can be expected. Populations at risk of consuming are younger men, having residency in the city, high school graduates, smokers and former smokers, so public health programs should be created and implemented to that population in cooperation with the educational and health sector.

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confidence: 71%

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confidence: 75%

Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of E-Cigarettes

Puharić¹,

Smola²,

Žulec³

et al. 2020

Arch. Psychiatry Res.

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“…Overall, 22 studies were included in the review (Table 1). Of these, 4 of them included data from multiple countries [22][23][24][25], and 18 studies presented data from single countries [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. All included studies were either cross-sectional studies, or cross-sectional baseline findings of longitudinal studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The highest prevalence was found among those aged 10-24 years (5.5% to 56.6%), followed by those aged 25-39 (13.7% to 25%), 40-65 (5% to 6.7%), and those aged ≥ 65 years (1.3% to 1.6%). For example, in a sample of 5385 Serbians, there were about 3 times more current e-cigarette users among 25-44-year-olds than among 55-64-year-olds (3% vs. 1.1%) [28]. It seems to point to a trend that with increasing age, the use of e-cigarettes decreases.…”

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Use of Electronic Cigarettes in European Populations: A Narrative Review

Kapan

Štefanac

Sandner

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes in past decades has aroused public health concern. This study aims to review the literature on the prevalence of e-cigarette use among the general adult and young populations in Europe. We searched Medline and Google Scholar from September 2019, and included “prevalence of e-cigarettes”, “electronic cigarettes” or “e-cigarettes”, and “electronic nicotine delivery system” or “vaping”. The prevalence of current e-cigarette use ranged from 0.2% to 27%, ever-use ranged from 5.5% to 56.6% and daily use ranged from 1% to 2.9%. Current smokers of conventional cigarettes showed the highest prevalence for the use of e-cigarettes, ranging from 20.4% to 83.1%, followed by ex-smokers, with ranges from 7% to 15%. The following socio-demographic factors were associated with a higher chance of using e-cigarettes: male sex and younger age groups; results for economic status were inconclusive. In European countries, there is a higher prevalence of e-cigarette use among males, adolescents and young adults, smokers of conventional cigarettes, and former smokers.

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“…Our results showed that only 3.6% of the target population used e-cigarettes, which was higher than the average level of e-cigarettes use among all teachers across China (2.4%). Since e-cigarettes came into public view, their use has considerably increased across the world [29]. School personnel, as a special group whose behavior has a profound impact on the students, need to be further monitored for both conventional cigarette smoking behavior and e-cigarette use.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants

Zhu

Shi

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is widely popular among Chinese students. Considering that school personnel are considered role models in the student community, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of such behavior among high school personnel in China so as to provide references for future related intervention measures. We used a stratified cluster sampling design on a total number of 3311 school employees recruited from 33 representative schools. Complex sampling analysis and logistic regressions were used for univariate and multivariate analyses. Among 3194 participants that met the study criteria, 7.4% were cigarette users, and 3.6% e-cigarette consumers. For conventional cigarette smokers, certain characteristics, such as being older and male, attaining less education, and having been exposed to secondhand smoke, were associated with heavier smoking. Nevertheless, e-cigarette users were predominantly male and of younger age. Those who understood the hazards of conventional cigarette smoking had less inclination to smoke but were at a higher risk of e-cigarette use. Our analysis suggests that it is necessary to target different populations for monitoring and controlling conventional cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use respectively among school personnel. In addition, China is in need of more relevant and strict anti-smoking regulations.

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E-cigarette use among Serbian adults: prevalence and user characteristics

Cited by 13 publications

References 29 publications

Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of E-Cigarettes

Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of E-Cigarettes

Use of Electronic Cigarettes in European Populations: A Narrative Review

Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants

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