Alqahtani Nasser G, Taha Amira Mohamed, Aldosari Reem Hamad S, Asiri Lama Gasem, AlKasi Lujain Y, Almasswary Shatha A, Alassim Alshaima, Al Hunaif Aljohrah M, Alqahtani Shuruq Abdullah M, Abu Mughaedh Miad A, El-Qushayr Amr Ehab
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Section, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Apr 18;104(16):e42229. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000042229.
This research aims to explore the prevalence and perspectives on e-cigarette use at King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia. This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted during April and May 2023, recruiting students from the College of Medicine at King Khalid University, from Aseer region, Saudi Arabia. We included 534 participants, of those 19.3% had used electronic-cigarettes (e-cigarettes). The most reported reason for using e-cigarettes were reduce/quit conventional smoking because it is not a healthy habit (23%). A significantly lesser proportion of E. users rather than the users, think that e-cigarettes are a source of secondhand smoking, causing various diseases, burning tobacco as a source of power and harmful to pregnant women. Furthermore, the prevalence of the 2 groups was comparable when they were asked if e-cigarette is a nicotine delivery system and it contains addictive flavor. Female sex is inversely associated with e-cigarette smoking (odds ratio: 0.25 (0.15-0.42), P < .001). However, age, grade point average, and MBBS year were not associated with E. smoking. One fifth of the medical students at King Khaled University are E. users with a large proportion of males. The health care authorities in conjunction with the educational authorities should raise the awareness level towards e-cigarettes use in particular the reasons for usage as well as it is harmful hazards.
本研究旨在探讨沙特阿拉伯国王哈立德大学电子烟的使用情况及相关观点。这是一项横断面研究，于2023年4月至5月进行，招募了沙特阿拉伯阿西尔地区国王哈立德大学医学院的学生。我们纳入了534名参与者，其中19.3%使用过电子烟。使用电子烟最常报告的原因是减少/戒掉传统吸烟，因为它不是一种健康的习惯（23%）。与非使用者相比，电子烟使用者中认为电子烟是二手烟来源、会导致各种疾病、以燃烧烟草作为动力来源且对孕妇有害的比例显著更低。此外，当被问及电子烟是否是一种尼古丁输送系统且含有成瘾性味道时，两组的患病率相当。女性与电子烟吸烟呈负相关（比值比：0.25（0.15 - 0.42），P < 0.001）。然而，年龄、平均绩点和医学学士学习年份与电子烟吸烟无关。国王哈立德大学五分之一的医学生是电子烟使用者，其中男性占很大比例。卫生保健当局应与教育当局共同提高对电子烟使用的认识水平，特别是使用原因及其有害危害。
