AlDukhail Shaikha K, El Desouky Eman D, Monshi Sarah S, Al-Zalabani Abdulmohsen H, Alanazi Abdullah M, El Dalatony Mervat M, Shubayr Mosa A, Elkhobby Ahmed A, Alqahtani Mohammed M, Alhazmi Anwar S, Aldossary Mohammed S
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
General Directorate of Research and Studies, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Tob Induc Dis. 2025 Jan 21;23. doi: 10.18332/tid/197410. eCollection 2025.
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased globally among adolescents. However, data on its use among adolescents in Saudi Arabia remain limited. Therefore, this study describes the characteristics and factors associated with e-cigarette use in this population.
Data from the Saudi Arabia 2022 Global Youth Tobacco Survey targeting students aged 13-15 years were analyzed. This study examined current use and ever use of e-cigarettes as dependent variables, and sociodemographic characteristics, smoking behaviors, and exposure to tobacco-related messages as independent variables.
Among the adolescents, 14.2% had ever used e-cigarettes, while 5.3% were current users. Older adolescents exhibited a higher prevalence of ever use (12%, 13%, and 19% among those aged 13, 14, and 15 years, respectively). Of those who ever smoked cigarettes, 44% reported ever using e-cigarettes, and 23% were current users. Older adolescents (15 years) were 35% more likely to be ever e-cigarette users (AOR=1.35; 95% CI: 1.32-1.38) and 39% more likely to be current e-cigarette users (AOR=1.39; 95% CI: 1.34-1.43) than those aged 13 years. Exposure to pro-tobacco marketing was associated with twice the odds of ever using e-cigarettes (AOR=2.23; 95% CI: 2.21-2.26) and 2.76 times the odds of becoming current e-cigarette users (AOR=2.64; 95% CI: 2.58-2.69) compared with non-exposed adolescents.
E-cigarette use is more prevalent among older adolescents, males, and those with higher weekly allowances. Additionally, e-cigarette use is associated with adolescents who use tobacco cigarettes, are exposed to secondhand smoke, or encounter tobacco promotional marketing.
电子烟在全球青少年中的使用呈上升趋势。然而，沙特阿拉伯青少年使用电子烟的数据仍然有限。因此，本研究描述了该国青少年使用电子烟的特征及相关因素。
对沙特阿拉伯2022年全球青少年烟草调查中针对13 - 15岁学生的数据进行分析。本研究将当前使用和曾经使用电子烟作为因变量，将社会人口学特征、吸烟行为以及接触烟草相关信息作为自变量。
在青少年中，14.2%的人曾经使用过电子烟，而5.3%的人是当前使用者。年龄较大的青少年曾经使用电子烟的比例更高（13岁、14岁和15岁的青少年中分别为12%、13%和19%）。在曾经吸过香烟的青少年中，44%的人报告曾经使用过电子烟，23%的人是当前使用者。与13岁的青少年相比，15岁的青少年曾经使用电子烟的可能性高35%（调整后比值比[AOR]=1.35；95%置信区间[CI]：1.32 - 1.38），当前使用电子烟的可能性高39%（AOR=1.39；95% CI：1.34 - 1.43）。与未接触过烟草营销的青少年相比，接触支持烟草的营销活动会使曾经使用电子烟的几率增加两倍（AOR=2.23；95% CI：2.21 - 2.26），成为当前电子烟使用者的几率增加2.76倍（AOR=2.64；95% CI：2.58 - 2.69）。
电子烟在年龄较大的青少年、男性以及每周零花钱较高的青少年中更为普遍。此外，电子烟的使用与吸卷烟、接触二手烟或接触烟草促销营销的青少年有关。
