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Article: E-Cigarette Awareness, Perceptions and Use among Community-Recruited Smokers in Hong Kong
Title | E-Cigarette Awareness, Perceptions and Use among Community-Recruited Smokers in Hong Kong |
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Issue Date | 2015 |
Citation | PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10 n. 10, p. e0141683 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Abstract Background Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are being increasingly used. We examined the correlates associated with e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness in smoking cessation among Chinese daily smokers in Hong Kong. Methods Daily smokers (N = 1,307) were recruited to a community-based randomised controlled trial (‘Quit to Win’) in 2014. Socio-demographic characteristics, conventional cigarette smoking status, nicotine addiction level, quit attempts, quit intention, e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness on quitting were reported at baseline and 1-week follow-up. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness in quitting. Results Most smokers (82.6%, 95% CI 80.2%-84.9%) had heard about e-cigarettes, and 13.3% (11.3%-15.5%) ever used e-cigarettes. Most users (74.1%) and non-users (91.2%) did not perceive e-cigarettes as effective in quitting. Being younger and having a larger family income were associated with e-cigarette awareness. Being younger, a tertiary education and a stronger addiction to nicotine were associated with e-cigarette use, which was itself associated with lower levels of intention to quit and had no association with attempts to quit (P for trend 0.45). E-cigarette use, the last quit attempt being a month earlier, having made a quit attempt lasting 24 hours or longer and perceiving quitting as important were all associated with the perceived effectiveness of e-cigarettes in quitting (all P <0.05). Conclusions Among community-recruited smokers who intended to quit, awareness of e-cigarettes was high, but most did not perceive e-cigarettes as effective in quitting. Correlates concerning ecigarette perceptions and use will help to inform prospective studies, public education and policy on controlling e-cigarettes. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/221636 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, MP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, WHC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, LY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kwong, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lai, V | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-30T03:49:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-30T03:49:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10 n. 10, p. e0141683 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/221636 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are being increasingly used. We examined the correlates associated with e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness in smoking cessation among Chinese daily smokers in Hong Kong. Methods Daily smokers (N = 1,307) were recruited to a community-based randomised controlled trial (‘Quit to Win’) in 2014. Socio-demographic characteristics, conventional cigarette smoking status, nicotine addiction level, quit attempts, quit intention, e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness on quitting were reported at baseline and 1-week follow-up. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with e-cigarette awareness, use and perceived effectiveness in quitting. Results Most smokers (82.6%, 95% CI 80.2%-84.9%) had heard about e-cigarettes, and 13.3% (11.3%-15.5%) ever used e-cigarettes. Most users (74.1%) and non-users (91.2%) did not perceive e-cigarettes as effective in quitting. Being younger and having a larger family income were associated with e-cigarette awareness. Being younger, a tertiary education and a stronger addiction to nicotine were associated with e-cigarette use, which was itself associated with lower levels of intention to quit and had no association with attempts to quit (P for trend 0.45). E-cigarette use, the last quit attempt being a month earlier, having made a quit attempt lasting 24 hours or longer and perceiving quitting as important were all associated with the perceived effectiveness of e-cigarettes in quitting (all P <0.05). Conclusions Among community-recruited smokers who intended to quit, awareness of e-cigarettes was high, but most did not perceive e-cigarettes as effective in quitting. Correlates concerning ecigarette perceptions and use will help to inform prospective studies, public education and policy on controlling e-cigarettes. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | E-Cigarette Awareness, Perceptions and Use among Community-Recruited Smokers in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, MP: mpwang@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, WHC: william3@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Jiang, N: nanjiang@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, MP=rp01863 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, WHC=rp00528 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Jiang, N=rp01867 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0141683 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84949528086 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 256152 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 10 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | e0141683 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | e0141683 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000363799900037 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-6203 | - |