Characteristics Associated With Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Among Young US Midwestern Adults
Characteristics Associated With Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Among Young US Midwestern Adults
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2012.300947
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Forster, Jean
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作者：
Choi, Kelvin;Forster, Jean
目标.我们评估了与年轻人对电子尼古丁输送系统（电子烟）的认识、看法和使用相关的特征。我们在2010-2011年收集了2624名年龄在20至28岁之间的美国中西部成年人的数据。我们评估了对电子烟的认识和使用，对电子烟作为戒烟辅助手段的看法，以及对电子烟相对于香烟的危害性和成瘾性的看法，并估计了电子烟与人口统计学特征、吸烟状况和同龄人吸烟的关系。总体而言，69.9%的受访者知道电子烟，7.0%的人曾经使用过电子烟，1.2%的人在过去30天内使用过电子烟。男性，当前和以前的吸烟者以及至少有一个吸烟的亲密朋友的参与者更有可能意识到并使用电子烟。在那些知道电子烟的人中，44.5%的人认为电子烟可以帮助人们戒烟，52.8%的人认为电子烟比香烟危害小，26.3%的人认为电子烟比香烟成瘾性小。提供有关电子烟的正确信息的健康传播干预措施和电子烟营销的监管可能有效地减少年轻人对电子烟的尝试。
Objectives. We assessed the characteristics associated with the awareness, perceptions, and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes) among young adults.Methods. We collected data in 2010-2011 from a cohort of 2624 US Midwestern adults aged 20 to 28 years. We assessed awareness and use of e-cigarettes, perceptions of them as a smoking cessation aid, and beliefs about their harmfulness and addictiveness relative to cigarettes and estimated their associations with demographic characteristics, smoking status, and peer smoking.Results. Overall, 69.9% of respondents were aware of e-cigarettes, 7.0% had ever used e-cigarettes, and 1.2% had used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. Men, current and former smokers, and participants who had at least 1 close friend who smoked were more likely to be aware of and to have used e-cigarettes. Among those who were aware of e-cigarettes, 44.5% agreed e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, 52.8% agreed e-cigarettes are less harmful than cigarettes, and 26.3% agreed e-cigarettes are less addictive than cigarettes.Conclusions. Health communication interventions to provide correct information about e-cigarettes and regulation of e-cigarette marketing may be effective in reducing young adults' experimentation with e-cigarettes.