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Article: Awareness and use of heated tobacco products among youth smokers in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

TitleAwareness and use of heated tobacco products among youth smokers in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study
Authors
Keywordsheated tobacco products
awareness
tobacco
smoking
substance use
Issue Date2020
PublisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, v. 17 n. 22, p. article no. 8575 How to Cite?
AbstractThe growing popularity of heated tobacco products (HTPs) among youth may act as a gateway for smoking and jeopardize youth health. We aimed to describe the use of HTPs among youth smokers in Hong Kong and examine their risk awareness of HTPs as well as awareness of the proposed legislation. We conducted retrospective data analyses on the Youth Quitline Cohort (n = 731). We extracted participants’ sociodemographic data, smoking profiles, and HTP use from 1 January 2017. Participants’ HTP use increased from 5.7% in 2017 to 37.9% in 2020. Among the 731 participants, 175 were HTP users and 556 were HTP nonusers. Compared with nonusers, a significantly higher proportion of HTP users had tried using other tobacco products at least once. The most common reason for using HTPs was curiosity. HTP users were more likely than nonusers to misclassify HTPs as e-cigarettes; agree that HTPs were healthier and contained fewer harmful substances than conventional cigarettes; consider HTPs as a smoking cessation aid; and believe that HTPs could reduce conventional cigarette consumption. Overall, 61.2% of youth smokers disagreed with banning HTPs. Risk awareness of HTPs among youth might affect their likelihood of using these products. Stricter regulations on advertising and intensive health education are imperative to avoid misleading information and limit youth exposure to such harmful products.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/294697
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808
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dc.contributor.authorHO, LLK-
dc.contributor.authorLi, WHC-
dc.contributor.authorCHEUNG, AT-
dc.contributor.authorXia, W-
dc.contributor.authorLam, TH-
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T07:40:35Z-
dc.date.available2020-12-08T07:40:35Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, v. 17 n. 22, p. article no. 8575-
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/294697-
dc.description.abstractThe growing popularity of heated tobacco products (HTPs) among youth may act as a gateway for smoking and jeopardize youth health. We aimed to describe the use of HTPs among youth smokers in Hong Kong and examine their risk awareness of HTPs as well as awareness of the proposed legislation. We conducted retrospective data analyses on the Youth Quitline Cohort (n = 731). We extracted participants’ sociodemographic data, smoking profiles, and HTP use from 1 January 2017. Participants’ HTP use increased from 5.7% in 2017 to 37.9% in 2020. Among the 731 participants, 175 were HTP users and 556 were HTP nonusers. Compared with nonusers, a significantly higher proportion of HTP users had tried using other tobacco products at least once. The most common reason for using HTPs was curiosity. HTP users were more likely than nonusers to misclassify HTPs as e-cigarettes; agree that HTPs were healthier and contained fewer harmful substances than conventional cigarettes; consider HTPs as a smoking cessation aid; and believe that HTPs could reduce conventional cigarette consumption. Overall, 61.2% of youth smokers disagreed with banning HTPs. Risk awareness of HTPs among youth might affect their likelihood of using these products. Stricter regulations on advertising and intensive health education are imperative to avoid misleading information and limit youth exposure to such harmful products.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectheated tobacco products-
dc.subjectawareness-
dc.subjecttobacco-
dc.subjectsmoking-
dc.subjectsubstance use-
dc.titleAwareness and use of heated tobacco products among youth smokers in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLi, WHC: william3@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailXia, W: xiavive@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityLam, TH=rp00326-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17228575-
dc.identifier.pmid33227929-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7699292-
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dc.identifier.hkuros320332-
dc.identifier.volume17-
dc.identifier.issue22-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 8575-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 8575-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000594264400001-
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-

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