ATTİTUDES OF ELECTRONİC CİGARETTE USERS TOWARDS ELECTRONİC CİGARETTE AND THEİR USAGE HABİTS
Keywords:
Electronic cigarette, nicotine, smokingAbstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate attitudes of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users towards e-cigarette and their e-cigarette usage habits.
Method: The data collected from 269 e-cigarette users from a social media forum. In order to collect data online versions of a questionnaire developed by the researchers was used.
Results: Results revealed that 97% of the participants were using conventional cigarette before e-cigarette use, 62,8% of them began to use e-cigarette to quit conventional cigarette, 34.2% of them were still using conventional cigarette with e-cigarette, 61.7% of them were using e-cigarette more than 12 months, 51.7% of them were using e-cigarette in within 30 minutes after they woke up and 100% of the recommended e-cigarette to conventional cigarette users.
Conclusion: This study points out the attitudes of e-cigarette users towards e-cigarette and their usage habits. Positive attitudes of participants towards e-cigarette usage contribute nicotine addiction. Doing more researches about long term effects of e-cigarette usage on human health becomes more important for public health.
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