E-cigarettes, conventional cigarettes, and dual use in Korean adolescents and university students: Prevalence and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine risk factors associated with use of e-cigarettes only, conventional cigarettes only, and dual use in Korean adolescents and young adults.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, anonymous questionnaires were completed between April-May, 2015 among 1) 2744 middle and high school students, aged 13-18, from Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, and Cheongju, Korea and 2) 2167 university students, aged 19-29, from fourteen universities in Korea.

Results

The results show that 12.6% of adolescents and 21.2% of university students reported having ever tried e-cigarettes at least once. Among the ever e-cigarette users, 95.1% and 96.3% of adolescents and university students also tried conventional cigarettes, respectively. Dual users were more likely to be male (adolescen

SUBMITTER: Jeon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648538 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature