The Era of E-Cigarettes : A Cross-Sectional Study of Vaping Preferences, Reasons for Use and Withdrawal Symptoms Among Current E-Cigarette Users in the United Arab Emirates
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature..
Electronic cigarette (E-cig) use has increased substantially among the young population, who adopt using E-cig for various reasons. Our present study aimed to explore vaping preferences and reasons for using E-cig among current users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess physical and psychological symptoms experienced while using E-cig during intermittent fasting. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 23 to May 22, 2020, to solicit responses from current E-cig users in the UAE. Data were collected about sociodemographic profile, tobacco cigarette smoking, vaping preferences, reasons for use, and withdrawal symptoms during fasting in Ramadan. A convenience sample of 591 adult E-cig users were initially recruited, of whom 392 participants with complete responses were included in our analysis. The majority of participants were males (n = 275, 70.2%) and around 28.6% (n = 112) were dual users. Vape tank/Box-mod was the most used type of E-cig (50.3%). Most of the participants (n = 317; 80.9%) believed that E-cigs are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. During fasting time, around 46.2% (n = 181) of E-cig users have experienced various physical symptoms, while 51.0% (n = 200) of users have experienced various psychological symptoms. E-cig use is gaining popularity within the UAE after the recent legalization as these devices are commonly advertised and claimed by manufacturers to aid smoking cessation. The effectiveness of E-cig in aiding smoking cessation should be investigated with a higher level of evidence, especially in a new context of usage as the UAE, considering various types of devices, hundreds of E-liquid brands, and the influence of concurrent poly-tobacco use.
| Medienart: |
E-Artikel |
|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2021 |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: |
2021 |
| Enthalten in: |
Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46 |
|---|---|
| Enthalten in: |
Journal of community health - 46(2021), 5 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 876-886 |
| Sprache: |
Englisch |
|---|
| Beteiligte Personen: |
Barakat, Muna [VerfasserIn] |
|---|
| Links: |
|---|
| Themen: |
Electronic cigarettes |
|---|
| Anmerkungen: |
Date Completed 25.11.2021 Date Revised 25.11.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
|---|
| doi: |
10.1007/s10900-021-00967-4 |
|---|
| funding: |
|
|---|---|
| Förderinstitution / Projekttitel: |
|
| PPN (Katalog-ID): |
NLM321202023 |
|---|
| LEADER | 01000naa a22002652 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | NLM321202023 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20231225175316.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 231225s2021 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1007/s10900-021-00967-4 |2 doi | |
| 028 | 5 | 2 | |a pubmed24n1070.xml |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)NLM321202023 | ||
| 035 | |a (NLM)33559828 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rakwb | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Barakat, Muna |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Era of E-Cigarettes |b A Cross-Sectional Study of Vaping Preferences, Reasons for Use and Withdrawal Symptoms Among Current E-Cigarette Users in the United Arab Emirates |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2021 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a ƒaComputermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a ƒa Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Date Completed 25.11.2021 | ||
| 500 | |a Date Revised 25.11.2021 | ||
| 500 | |a published: Print-Electronic | ||
| 500 | |a Citation Status MEDLINE | ||
| 520 | |a © 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature. | ||
| 520 | |a Electronic cigarette (E-cig) use has increased substantially among the young population, who adopt using E-cig for various reasons. Our present study aimed to explore vaping preferences and reasons for using E-cig among current users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess physical and psychological symptoms experienced while using E-cig during intermittent fasting. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 23 to May 22, 2020, to solicit responses from current E-cig users in the UAE. Data were collected about sociodemographic profile, tobacco cigarette smoking, vaping preferences, reasons for use, and withdrawal symptoms during fasting in Ramadan. A convenience sample of 591 adult E-cig users were initially recruited, of whom 392 participants with complete responses were included in our analysis. The majority of participants were males (n = 275, 70.2%) and around 28.6% (n = 112) were dual users. Vape tank/Box-mod was the most used type of E-cig (50.3%). Most of the participants (n = 317; 80.9%) believed that E-cigs are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. During fasting time, around 46.2% (n = 181) of E-cig users have experienced various physical symptoms, while 51.0% (n = 200) of users have experienced various psychological symptoms. E-cig use is gaining popularity within the UAE after the recent legalization as these devices are commonly advertised and claimed by manufacturers to aid smoking cessation. The effectiveness of E-cig in aiding smoking cessation should be investigated with a higher level of evidence, especially in a new context of usage as the UAE, considering various types of devices, hundreds of E-liquid brands, and the influence of concurrent poly-tobacco use | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Journal Article | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Electronic cigarettes | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Fasting | |
| 650 | 4 | |a United Arab Emirates | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Vaping preferences | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Withdrawal symptoms | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Jirjees, Feras |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Al-Tammemi, Ala'a B |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Al-Qudah, Raja'a |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Alfoteih, Yassen |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kharaba, Zelal |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Al-Obaidi, Hala |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Journal of community health |d 1993 |g 46(2021), 5 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 876-886 |w (DE-627)NLM000110310 |x 1573-3610 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:46 |g year:2021 |g number:5 |g day:09 |g month:10 |g pages:876-886 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-00967-4 |3 Volltext |
| 912 | |a GBV_USEFLAG_A | ||
| 912 | |a GBV_NLM | ||
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| 952 | |d 46 |j 2021 |e 5 |b 09 |c 10 |h 876-886 | ||