Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre
Background: Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease. The used of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has gained its popularity recently. Unfortunately, the health impact of e-cigarettes is widely unknown till today. Objective: To explore adult’s perceptions of risks...
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| author | Yang, Liang Boo Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa Hon, Shen P’ng Siew, Mooi Ching Ramachandran, Vasudevan Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Mohammad Sallehuddin, Hakimah Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi Foo, Yoke Loong Hoo, Fan Kee |
| author_facet | Yang, Liang Boo Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa Hon, Shen P’ng Siew, Mooi Ching Ramachandran, Vasudevan Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Mohammad Sallehuddin, Hakimah Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi Foo, Yoke Loong Hoo, Fan Kee |
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| description | Background: Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease. The used of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has gained its popularity recently. Unfortunately, the health impact of e-cigarettes is widely unknown till today.
Objective: To explore adult’s perceptions of risks and benefits to e-cigarettes.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional single-centre study among young adults in a Malaysian tertiary care centre. A total of 247 young adults in Serdang Hospital were included in this study. A written, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection.
Result: Majority of the respondents of this study consist of Malay female. Although these respondents recorded low usage of both cigarette and e-cigarette, they are highly aware of e-cigarettes. The results showed a high agreement on the perceived risk of e-cigarettes in which majority of them perceived e-cigarettes as harmful to one’s health and socially unacceptable. Despite that, a minority of the respondents still believed that e-cigarettes are useful in conforming to the society.
Conclusion: This study provides fundamental information on their risk and benefit perception to enable appropriate measures to be carried out in tackling young adults engaging with e-cigarettes. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-752552019-10-11T08:53:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75255/ Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre Yang, Liang Boo Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa Hon, Shen P’ng Siew, Mooi Ching Ramachandran, Vasudevan Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Mohammad Sallehuddin, Hakimah Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi Foo, Yoke Loong Hoo, Fan Kee Background: Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease. The used of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has gained its popularity recently. Unfortunately, the health impact of e-cigarettes is widely unknown till today. Objective: To explore adult’s perceptions of risks and benefits to e-cigarettes. Methods: This is a cross-sectional single-centre study among young adults in a Malaysian tertiary care centre. A total of 247 young adults in Serdang Hospital were included in this study. A written, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Result: Majority of the respondents of this study consist of Malay female. Although these respondents recorded low usage of both cigarette and e-cigarette, they are highly aware of e-cigarettes. The results showed a high agreement on the perceived risk of e-cigarettes in which majority of them perceived e-cigarettes as harmful to one’s health and socially unacceptable. Despite that, a minority of the respondents still believed that e-cigarettes are useful in conforming to the society. Conclusion: This study provides fundamental information on their risk and benefit perception to enable appropriate measures to be carried out in tackling young adults engaging with e-cigarettes. Elsevier BV 2018-03 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75255/1/Perception%20of%20adults%20on%20electronic%20cigarettes%20.pdf Yang, Liang Boo and Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa and Hon, Shen P’ng and Siew, Mooi Ching and Ramachandran, Vasudevan and Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa and Mohammad Sallehuddin, Hakimah and Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi and Foo, Yoke Loong and Hoo, Fan Kee (2018) Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre. Journal of Cancer Policy, 15 (pt. A). pp. 12-14. ISSN 2213-5383 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213538317300681 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2017.11.004 |
| spellingShingle | Yang, Liang Boo Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa Hon, Shen P’ng Siew, Mooi Ching Ramachandran, Vasudevan Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Mohammad Sallehuddin, Hakimah Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi Foo, Yoke Loong Hoo, Fan Kee Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title | Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title_full | Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title_fullStr | Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title_short | Perception of adults on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarette) in a Malaysian tertiary care centre |
| title_sort | perception of adults on electronic cigarettes e cigarette in a malaysian tertiary care centre |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75255/1/Perception%20of%20adults%20on%20electronic%20cigarettes%20.pdf |
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