Electronic cigarette use in China: Awareness, prevalence and regulation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

E-cigarettes were invented in China, and most of the world's e-cigarettes have been produced in China. However, awareness and use of e-cigarettes in China are lower than in Europe and America. Against the backdrop of the increasing use of e-cigarettes, the supervision of e-cigarettes in China has been almost non-existent.

Methods

A literature search was carried out in five popular Chinese and English databases. These databases were PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, China national knowledge infrastructure (CNKI), and Wan-fang database.

Results

Twenty-one studies were identified, and a comprehensive analysis of e-cigarette awareness ratio was conducted for different regions of China and according to gender, age group, and smoking status. We also examine

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662798 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature