Electronic cigarette use among university students aged 18-24 years in New Zealand: results of a 2018 national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine electronic cigarette use, reasons for use and perceptions of harm among university students.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

University students across New Zealand.

Methods

We analysed data from a 2018 cross-sectional survey of university students, weighted to account for undersampling and oversampling by gender and university size. χ² tests were used to compare e-cigarette use, reasons for use and perceptions of harm by age, gender, ethnicity and cigarette smoking.

Participants

The sample comprised 1476 students: 62.3% aged 18-20 years, 37.7% aged 21-24 years; 38.6% male, 61.4% female; 7.9% Māori and 92.1% non-Māori.

Results

40.5% of respondents (95% CI 37.9 to 43.1) reported ever, 6.1% (4.9-7.4) current and

SUBMITTER: Wamamili B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311043 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature