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Article

E-Cigarette Users’ Profiles and Their Association with Identified Impacts of COVID-19 on Vaping among Young Adults in Malaysia

by
Rawaida Mat Salleh
1,
Nizam Baharom
2,
Ching Sin Siau
1,
Caryn Mei Hsien Chan
1,
Noh Amit
1,
Pei Yin Sia
1 and
Lei Hum Wee
1,3,*
1
Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Selangor, Malaysia
2
Primer Care Health Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Bandar Baru Nilai, Nilai 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
3
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylors University Lakeside Campus, No. 1 Jalan Taylor’s, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor, Malaysia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030434
Submission received: 12 December 2022 / Revised: 31 January 2023 / Accepted: 31 January 2023 / Published: 3 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Present and Future Challenges in Tobacco Control)
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Abstract

Electronic cigarettes (ECs) users’ profiles and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore Malaysian EC users’ profiles and their associations with related behaviors during the pandemic. The EC users (N = 351) were recruited from an official national vape entity. Respondents were predominantly of Malay ethnicity (90.6%), aged 31 to 35 years (27.6%), males (97.7%), married (68.7%), from Malaysia’s west region states (63.5%) and tertiary educated (69.2%). The majority (80.3%) were non-dual users, and most purchased their vaping products online (77.2%), liked that they can vape while working at home (83.8%) and vaped more because of boredom (55.3%), had low and moderate nicotine addiction levels (94.9%), had low motivation level to quit EC use (92.6%) and were more likely to perceive that vaping did not increase the chances of complications from COVID-19. Respondents with moderate to high addiction levels had twice the odds of checking on their current EC supplies, whilst respondents with low motivation to quit had higher odds of using their tank/pod until the last drop and distancing from others when vaping. EC users should be encouraged to quit EC use, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: e-cigarette; vaping; COVID-19; young adults; Malaysia e-cigarette; vaping; COVID-19; young adults; Malaysia

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Mat Salleh, R.; Baharom, N.; Siau, C.S.; Chan, C.M.H.; Amit, N.; Sia, P.Y.; Wee, L.H. E-Cigarette Users’ Profiles and Their Association with Identified Impacts of COVID-19 on Vaping among Young Adults in Malaysia. Healthcare 2023, 11, 434. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030434

AMA Style

Mat Salleh R, Baharom N, Siau CS, Chan CMH, Amit N, Sia PY, Wee LH. E-Cigarette Users’ Profiles and Their Association with Identified Impacts of COVID-19 on Vaping among Young Adults in Malaysia. Healthcare. 2023; 11(3):434. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030434

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Mat Salleh, Rawaida, Nizam Baharom, Ching Sin Siau, Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Noh Amit, Pei Yin Sia, and Lei Hum Wee. 2023. "E-Cigarette Users’ Profiles and Their Association with Identified Impacts of COVID-19 on Vaping among Young Adults in Malaysia" Healthcare 11, no. 3: 434. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030434

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Mat Salleh, R., Baharom, N., Siau, C. S., Chan, C. M. H., Amit, N., Sia, P. Y., & Wee, L. H. (2023). E-Cigarette Users’ Profiles and Their Association with Identified Impacts of COVID-19 on Vaping among Young Adults in Malaysia. Healthcare, 11(3), 434. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030434

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