The Profile of E-cigarette Users: Results of An Online Survey in Taiwan

Authors

  • CS Shih University of GenevaCampus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland
  • JF Etter University of GenevaCampus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2019.6.1.29

Keywords:

adult, dual users, e-cigarette, on-line survey, smoking cessation, user profiles

Abstract

E-cigarette is an emerging challenge for public health, including Taiwan. Our aim was to investigate the profiles of adulte-cigarette users in Taiwan, a country where there is currently very little information published about ecigarette users. We conducted a cross-sectional, on-line, self-administered, and anonymous survey between July and November 2017. Participants (n=119)used e-cigarettes for almost two years on average, and used daily (84.9%), nicotine-containing e-cigarettes (74.8%), the average nicotine level was about 9 mg/ml. Smoking cessation and the perception of less harm were the main reasons for using e-cigarettes. Single users, compared with dual users, were more likely to endorse that “e-cigarette could help smoking cessation”, and that “e-cigarettes are less toxic than combustible cigarettes.”Our findings offer novel insights into the characteristic and behaviors of a specific sample of vapers in Taiwan, and can help generate hypotheses that can later be tested in representative samples of e-cigarette users.

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Author Biographies

CS Shih, University of GenevaCampus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, 

JF Etter, University of GenevaCampus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, 

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Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

CS Shih, & JF Etter. (2019). The Profile of E-cigarette Users: Results of An Online Survey in Taiwan. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 6(1), 219–227. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2019.6.1.29