Examining Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Use among Current Smokers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Rationale for the Study
1.2. Study Objectives
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Study Participants
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. General Characteristics
2.3.2. Smoking-Related and Health-Related Characteristics
2.3.3. Use of E-Cigarettes
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Differences in E-Cigarette Use According to Sociodemographic Characteristics of Smokers
3.2. Differences in Current E-Cigarette Use According to Smoking-Related and Health-Related Characteristics of Smokers
3.3. Factors Related to Current E-Cigarette Use in Smokers
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Total | Current E-Cigarette Use | χ2 | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Total | 827 (100.0) | 112 (16.4) | 715 (83.6) | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 678 (83.5) | 91 (16.3) | 587 (83.7) | 0.04 | 0.864 |
Female | 149 (16.5) | 21 (17.0) | 128 (83.0) | ||
Age | |||||
19–29 | 129 (21.3) | 35 (26.1) | 94 (73.9) | 36.68 | <0.001 |
30–39 | 111 (17.6) | 24 (23.7) | 87 (76.3) | ||
40–49 | 194 (23.2) | 35 (16.9) | 159 (83.1) | ||
≥50 | 393 (37.9) | 18 (7.3) | 375 (92.7) | ||
Residence | |||||
City | 651 (85.1) | 94 (17.1) | 557 (82.9) | 1.35 | 0.280 |
Rural area | 176 (14.9) | 18 (12.8) | 158 (87.2) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 602 (66.2) | 61 (12.3) | 541 (87.7) | 20.33 | <0.001 |
Unmarried | 225 (33.8) | 51 (24.6) | 174 (75.4) | ||
Education level | |||||
≤Middle school | 196 (16.0) | 4 (3.4) | 192 (96.6) | 21.97 | <0.001 |
High school | 360 (47.8) | 54 (17.0) | 306 (83.0) | ||
≥College | 271 (36.2) | 54 (21.5) | 217 (78.5) | ||
Household income | |||||
Low | 130 (11.2) | 4 (4.4) | 126 (95.6) | 12.30 | 0.067 |
Mid-low | 232 (26.2) | 31 (16.3) | 201 (83.7) | ||
Mid-high | 242 (33.1) | 39 (17.4) | 203 (82.6) | ||
High | 223 (29.5) | 38 (20.0) | 185 (80.0) | ||
Occupation | |||||
Manager and experts | 100 (12.8) | 22 (19.8) | 78 (80.2) | 39.31 | <0.001 |
Office workers | 84 (11.8) | 24 (33.3) | 60 (66.7) | ||
Service and sales workers | 126 (17.1) | 24 (22.6) | 102 (77.4) | ||
Technician | 139 (17.8) | 16 (12.8) | 123 (87.2) | ||
Simple laborers | 137 (13.5) | 6 (6.8) | 131 (93.2) | ||
Unemployed | 241 (27.0) | 20 (10.8) | 221 (89.2) |
Variables | Total | Current E-Cigarette Use | χ2 | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Total | 827 (100.0) | 112 (16.4) | 715 (83.6) | ||
Amount of smoking | |||||
<10 per day | 229 (28.4) | 43 (22.7) | 186 (77.3) | 10.83 | 0.031 |
10–20 per day | 546 (66.1) | 67 (14.4) | 479 (85.6) | ||
>20 per day | 52 (5.5) | 2 (7.9) | 50 (92.1) | ||
Smoking cessation plans | |||||
Never | 321 (39.1) | 50 (20.6) | 271 (79.4) | 6.78 | 0.168 |
More than 6 months | 291 (36.2) | 35 (13.7) | 256 (86.3) | ||
Within 6 months | 79 (9.0) | 12 (14.8) | 67 (85.2) | ||
Within 1 month | 136 (15.7) | 15 (13.3) | 121 (86.7) | ||
Quit smoking trial | |||||
Yes | 386 (46.1) | 46 (13.5) | 340 (86.5) | 4.27 | 0.081 |
No | 441 (53.9) | 66 (18.9) | 375 (81.1) | ||
Frequency of drinking | |||||
None | 122 (11.8) | 9 (11.3) | 113 (88.7) | 2.40 | 0.626 |
≤1 per month | 176 (22.3) | 27 (18.4) | 149 (81.6) | ||
2–4 per month | 205 (25.8) | 27 (16.9) | 178 (83.1) | ||
≥2 per week | 324 (40.1) | 49 (16.5) | 275 (83.5) | ||
Perceived stress | |||||
Feel a lot | 280 (33.5) | 48 (20.2) | 232 (79.8) | 4.28 | 0.090 |
Feel less | 547 (66.5) | 64 (14.5) | 483 (85.5) | ||
Depressed experience | |||||
Yes | 118 (12.5) | 8 (7.3) | 110 (92.7) | 7.21 | 0.011 |
No | 709 (87.5) | 104 (17.7) | 605 (82.3) | ||
Subjective health status | |||||
Good | 241 (30.2) | 38 (19.5) | 203 (80.5) | 4.65 | 0.213 |
Moderate | 404 (51.1) | 59 (16.5) | 345 (83.5) | ||
Bad | 182 (18.7) | 15 (11.3) | 167 (88.7) |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
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OR | 95% CI | p-Value | OR | 95% CI | p-Value | |
Age | 0.96 | 0.94–0.98 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 0.94–0.98 | <0.001 |
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Married | 0.86 | 0.44–1.66 | 0.646 | 0.86 | 0.44–1.69 | 0.667 |
Education | ||||||
≤Middle school | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
High school | 2.79 | 0.87–9.02 | 0.085 | 2.68 | 0.85–8.51 | 0.093 |
≥College | 3.31 | 1.04–10.54 | 0.043 | 3.05 | 0.97–9.66 | 0.057 |
Occupation | ||||||
Manager and experts | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Office workers | 2.51 | 1.13–5.58 | 0.024 | 2.46 | 1.09–5.52 | 0.030 |
Service and sales workers | 1.17 | 0.49–2.82 | 0.718 | 1.17 | 0.48–2.82 | 0.733 |
Technicians | 0.88 | 0.38–2.03 | 0.758 | 0.92 | 0.39–2.18 | 0.853 |
Simple laborers | 0.55 | 0.18–1.66 | 0.288 | 0.56 | 0.18–1.70 | 0.305 |
Unemployed | 0.63 | 0.26–1.56 | 0.316 | 0.67 | 0.26–1.68 | 0.387 |
Amount of smoking | ||||||
<10 | 1.00 | |||||
10–20 | 0.82 | 0.52–1.29 | 0.394 | |||
>20 | 0.64 | 0.14–2.83 | 0.553 | |||
Depressed experience | ||||||
No | 1.00 | |||||
Yes | 0.45 | 0.20–1.00 | 0.051 |
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Chicago/Turabian StylePark, MinHee, and HyeYoung Song. 2023. "Examining Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Use among Current Smokers" Healthcare 11, no. 18: 2526. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182526
APA StylePark, M., & Song, H. (2023). Examining Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Use among Current Smokers. Healthcare, 11(18), 2526. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182526