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29.01.2016 | Original Article

E-cigarette use among Serbian adults: prevalence and user characteristics

verfasst von: Biljana Kilibarda, Viktor Mravcik, Marcus Sebastian Martens

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 2/2016

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Abstract

Objectives

The objective was to report the prevalence and characteristics of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users in order to inform an appropriate response to this emerging challenge in tobacco control.

Methods

Data were drawn from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2014 that used computer-assisted interviewing in a representative sample of 5385 Serbian adults age 18–64 years.

Results

Lifetime e-cigarette use and current use was reported by 9.6 and 2 % of adults, respectively. Younger adults had a higher prevalence of both lifetime and current use. Females were more likely to be current e-cigarette users than males. The majority of ever and current e-cigarette users were current or past cigarette smokers, but lifetime use was reported by non-smokers as well.

Conclusions

Electronic cigarettes are popular in Serbia; one in ten adults had tried them at least once. Because females and young adults were more likely to use e-cigarettes, a targeted response in these specific groups is needed. A standardised methodology for monitoring e-cigarette use should be established and surveys exploring motives for and attitudes towards e-cigarettes use should be conducted.

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Titel: E-cigarette use among Serbian adults: prevalence and user characteristics
verfasst von: Biljana Kilibarda
Viktor Mravcik
Marcus Sebastian Martens
Publikationsdatum: 29.01.2016
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0787-y

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