Alshanberi Asim Muhammed, Baljoon Tebra, Bokhari Aziza, Alarif Sara, Madani Abrar, Hafiz Haneen, Altayyar Abrar, Abo-Ali Ehab A
Umm AL-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Sep;10(9):3429-3435. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1496_20. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, and commercially a commonplace in the media. Health concerns and the avoidance of smoking are the most frequently reported factors for conventional smokers to turn to e-cigarettes. However, there is insufficient information about the use of e-cigarettes in Makkah city; therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of electronic cigarette uses among medical students at Umm al-Qura University (UQU).
A cross-sectional study was conducted in February 2020 among medical students at UQU, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a prevalidated printed version of a self-questionnaire to determine the prevalence and the main factors that influence medical students to smoke e-cigarettes and to evaluate their awareness, knowledge, and attitude.
Out of 1249medical students, 910 participated in the survey, about 31.8 % of them confirmed using e-cigarette regularly. 14.7% think e-cigarettes are medically approved method for smoking cessation, while 59.5% believe it can cause addiction similar to tobacco cigarettes. Among the regular users, 24.3% used it to quit tobacco smoking, 18.9% think it is less harmful, 20.3 % use it because it is less costly, and 18.9% because of stress. Also, 28.4% found it tasty. 30.8% believed that it is less harmful, about 74% stated that they received information about e-cigarettes and only 16% of them received it from medical school.
The prevalence of e-cigarette uses among medical student in UQU found to be relatively high, and their overall knowledge is insufficient, which conflict our hypothesis.
电子烟在全球范围内越来越受欢迎，在商业上也已成为媒体上的常见事物。健康担忧和避免吸烟是传统吸烟者转向电子烟的最常被报道的因素。然而，关于麦加市电子烟使用情况的信息不足；因此，本研究旨在确定乌姆古拉大学（UQU）医学生中电子烟的使用 prevalence。
2020年2月在沙特阿拉伯麦加的UQU医学生中进行了一项横断面研究。使用预先验证的自填问卷印刷版收集数据，以确定 prevalence 以及影响医学生吸电子烟的主要因素，并评估他们的意识、知识和态度。
在1249名医学生中，910人参与了调查，其中约31.8%的人确认经常使用电子烟。14.7%的人认为电子烟是医学认可的戒烟方法，而59.5%的人认为它会导致与香烟类似的成瘾。在经常使用者中，24.3%的人用它来戒烟，18.9%的人认为它危害较小，20.3%的人因为成本较低而使用它，18.9%的人因为压力而使用它。此外，28.4%的人觉得它味道不错。30.8%的人认为它危害较小，约74%的人表示他们收到过关于电子烟的信息，其中只有16%的人是从医学院获得的。
发现UQU医学生中电子烟的使用 prevalence 相对较高，而且他们的整体知识不足，这与我们的假设相矛盾。
