Quality of Life Research Institute, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain.
Department of Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia 2417, Cyprus.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Dec 11;16(24):5038. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16245038.
Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electronic cigarettes) among young adults ( = 355) in Spain and Turkey. The survey measured demographics, lifetime and past month tobacco use, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, whether waterpipes and e-cigarettes contained nicotine and reasons for using these substances. The majority of the Turkish (men = 80% and women = 63.9%) and Spanish sample (men = 61.4% and women = 69.3%) were polytobacco users. The most common reason for using e-cigarettes was "to experiment, to see what is like" (Turkish sample: men 66.7% and women 57.1; Spanish sample: men 72.7% and women 93.8%). The most common reason to use regular cigarettes was "to relax and relieve tension" (Turkish sample: men 88.9% and women 77.6%; Spanish sample: men 78.1% and women 76%), while for waterpipe users, the most common reason was "to experiment, to see what it is like" (Turkish sample: men 93.3% and women 80%; Spanish sample: men 78.9% and women 93.8%). The implications for prevention and future research are discussed.
多烟草制品使用在年轻成年人中变得越来越流行，尤其是男性，其可被定义为同时使用常规香烟和其他烟草制品（例如电子烟）。本研究调查了西班牙和土耳其年轻成年人（n=355）对合法吸烟产品（香烟、水烟和电子烟）的使用情况。该调查衡量了人口统计学特征、终生和过去一个月的烟草使用情况、水烟和电子烟使用情况、水烟和电子烟是否含有尼古丁以及使用这些物质的原因。大多数土耳其（男性占 80%，女性占 63.9%）和西班牙样本（男性占 61.4%，女性占 69.3%）都是多烟草制品使用者。使用电子烟的最常见原因是“为了尝试，看看是什么样子”（土耳其样本：男性 66.7%，女性 57.1%；西班牙样本：男性 72.7%，女性 93.8%）。使用常规香烟的最常见原因是“放松和缓解紧张”（土耳其样本：男性占 88.9%，女性占 77.6%；西班牙样本：男性占 78.1%，女性占 76%），而对于水烟使用者，最常见的原因是“为了尝试，看看是什么样子”（土耳其样本：男性占 93.3%，女性占 80%；西班牙样本：男性占 78.9%，女性占 93.8%）。讨论了预防和未来研究的意义。
