Factors Related to Electronic Cigarette Smoking Among Female Vocational Students in Chachoengsao Province
Keywords:
Factors, Electronic cigarette smoking, Female vocational studentsAbstract
The rate of adolescents smoking electronic cigarettes is continuously increasing. This research aimed to study the rate of e-cigarette smoking and factors related to e-cigarette smoking among female vocational school students. The participants were 196 female vocational students studying at three vocational colleges under the Office of Vocational Education Commission, Chachoengsao province. Data were collected with self-answered questionnaires that included questions on demographic data, alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking, perceived ability to avoid e-cigarette smoking, stress, attitude towards e-cigarette smoking, and access to e-cigarette advertising which demonstrated reliability via Cronbach’s correlation coefficient of .81, .93, .87, and .80 respectively. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used for data analysis.
The results of the study found that female vocational school students had an e-cigarette smoking rate of 48.5%, and the average age of starting e-cigarette smoking was 14.9 years (SD = 1.4). The results also showed that female vocational school students' e-cigarette smoking was significantly associated with several factors, including perceived ability to avoid smoking (AOR = 2.37, 95% CI = 1.125-5.022), alcohol drinking (AOR = 4.77, 95% CI = 2.240-10.196), attitudes towards e-cigarette smoking (AOR = 3.89, 95% CI = 1.836-8.257), and peer e-cigarette smoking (AOR = 3.26, 95% CI = 1.469-7.270).
The result of this research will be beneficial to public health personnel and those involved in developing effective programs to prevent e-cigarette smoking among adolescents.
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