Factors Contributing to Perceived Health Effects from Electronic Cigarettes among Undergraduate Students
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Factors, Perceived health effects, Electronic cigarettes, Undergraduate studentsAbstract
Cigarette smoking is the one of major causes of chronic illness and death of people in the world. From the past until present, cigarettes have been used in many different forms. However, electronic cigarettes are interesting by many people resulting from misunderstanding of the harmful and incorrect belief. Therefore, a rapid increase of electronic cigarettes user over the years among adolescents has been found in many countries including Thailand. This correlative study aimed to examine factors that contributed to students’ perception of health effects from electronic cigarettes. Literature reviews specified factors were employed into this study including knowledge on electronic cigarettes, peer pressure, parental smoking, mass media accessibility, age, gender, curiosity, and healthcare provider’s perception on electronic cigarettes. Three hundred eighty–two undergraduate students were randomly selected through the stratified sampling technique. Structured questionnaire closed and open-ended questions were developed. Validity was examined through expert judgments with 0.90 of Item Objective Congruence. Reliability was tested for a part knowledge on electronic cigarettes by KR-20 and other parts by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient with value 0.854 and 0.905 respectively. Results revealed five significant factors associated with perceived health effects from electronic cigarettes among undergraduate students including healthcare provider’s perception on electronic cigarettes, curiosity, mass media accessibility, peer pressure, and parental smoking. The healthcare provider’s perception on electronic cigarettes was most related to the perceived health effects from electronic cigarettes (r = 0.551, p < 0.01). The results indicated factors contributing to perceived health effects from electronic cigarettes which were the same factors found in the previous research findings. However, participants in this research had less knowledge of electronic cigarettes and their harm to health. Therefore, a campaign to alert the university students’ perception of negative consequences of electronic cigarettes towards their health is needed.
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