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Awareness, current use of electronic cigarettes and associated smoking factors in Zhejiang Chinese adolescents

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  • Meng Wang
  • Ru-Ying Hu
  • Jin Pan
  • Hao Wang
  • Min Yu
  • Kai-Xu Xie
  • Wei-Wei Gong

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Objectives: The present study aims at examining the prevalence of awareness and current use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among middle and high school students from Zhejiang, China. Smoking-related factors associated with e-cigarettes use will also be explored. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on 2017 Zhejiang Youth Risk Behavior Survey. A total of 24,157 adolescents were recruited and relevant data of e-cigarettes and smoking-related factors were collected via a self-reported questionnaire. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between e-cigarettes current use and the smoking-related factors. Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were reported. Results: Overall, 70.61% of middle and high school students reported hearing of e-cigarettes, while only 2.15% reported using e-cigarettes in the past month. Among smoking-related factors, cigarette smoking (ever and current), use of other tobacco products, second hand smoke exposure and previous attempts to quit smoking were significantly associated with higher current e-cigarettes use in adolescents. Conclusions: These results presented high awareness of e-cigarettes while relatively low use in Chinese adolescents. Smoking-related factors were significantly associated with increased e-cigarettes use.

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  • Meng Wang & Ru-Ying Hu & Jin Pan & Hao Wang & Min Yu & Kai-Xu Xie & Wei-Wei Gong, 2019. "Awareness, current use of electronic cigarettes and associated smoking factors in Zhejiang Chinese adolescents," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0224033
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224033
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