Research Article
Prevalence, Correlates, and Perception of E-cigarettes among Undergraduate Students of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Description of e-cigarette-related factors and perceptions including all participants.
| Statements and responses | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Ever use of EC | 86 | 21.2 | Boys | 71 | 17.5 | Girls | 15 | 3.7 | Current use of EC | 24 | 5.9 | Boys | 22 | 5.4 | Girls | 2 | 0.5 | Heard about EC | 222 | 54.8 | Current smoking habit of family members | 107 | 26.4 | Current EC use of family members | 19 | 4.7 | Current smoking habit of older siblings | 33 | 8.1 | Current EC use of older siblings | 23 | 5.1 | Perception on EC | | | EC help in smoking cessation | 141 | 34.8 | EC promotes conventional smoking | 176 | 43.5 | EC should be banned | 269 | 66.4 | EC should be regulated like other tobacco products | 172 | 42.5 | EC are harmful for our health | 361 | 89.1 | If yes, degree of harmfulness of e-cigarettes is as compared to conventional smoking | | | More harmful | 143 | 35.3 | Equally harmful | 165 | 40.7 | Less harmful | 97 | 24 | No. of friends using EC | | | Zero | 324 | 80 | One | 27 | 6.8 | More than 1 | 33 | 8.2 | Reasons for current use of EC # multiple response | Frequency () | % | Variety of flavors | 18 | 75 | Better taste | 15 | 62.5 | Not or less harmful for health | 14 | 58.3 | Become stylish and fancy | 13 | 54.2 | Easier to cut down or quit smoking | 13 | 54.2 | Can use anywhere because of no smoke | 10 | 41.7 | Current use of EC along with conventional cigarette | 6 | 24 | Use of conventional smoking prior to EC | 10 | 41.7 | Reasons for ever use of EC # multiple response | Frequency () | % | Suggestions by close friend | 50 | 80.6 | Heard of better taste | 43 | 50 | Makes stylish and fancy | 33 | 38.4 | Shift from conventional smoking | 15 | 24.2 | To quit conventional smoking | 27 | 31.4 | Where do you purchase e-cigarettes? # multiple response | Online shops | 21 | 24.4 | Ask close ones to bring from foreign country | 18 | 20.9 | Valley shops | 64 | 74.4 | Students who tried e-cigarettes shifted to current users | 24 | 27.9 |
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