Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia

Background: E-cigarette (e-cig) use has become a worldwide phenomenon since 2010. This study aims to determine the prevalence of e-cig use, distribution and characteristics among Malaysian adults. Malaysia is a typical Asian country. The results of this study will provide evidence for policy makers...

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Main Authors:	Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Draman, Samsul, Kartiwi, Mira, Mahadir Naidu, Balkish, Aris, Tahir
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	EU European Publishing 2018
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-626142018-06-26T03:08:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/ Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Draman, Samsul Kartiwi, Mira Mahadir Naidu, Balkish Aris, Tahir RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Background: E-cigarette (e-cig) use has become a worldwide phenomenon since 2010. This study aims to determine the prevalence of e-cig use, distribution and characteristics among Malaysian adults. Malaysia is a typical Asian country. The results of this study will provide evidence for policy makers to formulate appropriate measures towards regulation of e-cig in Malaysia and can become a reference for other similar countries. Methods: Complex sampling design was used to represent 19 million of Malaysian adult household. Samples were stratified by states and urbanity. Sampling units were districts, enumeration blocks and living quarters. All adults from the selected houses were invited to participate in this survey. Analysis was done using sampling weight and complex sampling analysis. Characteristics of current e-cig users were described unweighted. Results: A total of 4,288 individual responded in this survey. Majority of the respondents were at 25-44 years of age group (44%), Malay ethnicity (73%), completed at least secondary level of education (69%), working in private sectors (26%), Muslim (79%) and married (68%). Male and female were equally represented. Based on weighted population, 72% of the respondents were from the urban residential area. The prevalence of current e-cig users in Malaysia was 3.2% (95%CI 2.5-4.1), involving an estimated population of about 600,000 household residence. The prevalence in urban and rural were 3.3 (95%CI 2.4-4.4) and 2.8% (95%CI 2.1-3.8) respectively. E-cig users were common among young, male, Malay, highly educated, Muslim, single and those in urban area. Most of current e-cig users started smoking e-cig when they were 19 years and above. 48% used e-cig just to try, while 17% used it to quit cigarette smoking. 62% preferred nicotine in their e-cig liquid. Conclusions: This study able to represent adults Malaysians and results can be used to guide healthcare managers to manage e-cigarette use countries with similar characteristics. EU European Publishing 2018-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/12/62614_Prevalence%20and%20characteristics%20of.pdf Ab Rahman, Jamalludin and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki and Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli and Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz and Draman, Samsul and Kartiwi, Mira and Mahadir Naidu, Balkish and Aris, Tahir (2018) Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia. In: 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/83854 10.18332/tid/83854
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Draman, Samsul Kartiwi, Mira Mahadir Naidu, Balkish Aris, Tahir Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
description	Background: E-cigarette (e-cig) use has become a worldwide phenomenon since 2010. This study aims to determine the prevalence of e-cig use, distribution and characteristics among Malaysian adults. Malaysia is a typical Asian country. The results of this study will provide evidence for policy makers to formulate appropriate measures towards regulation of e-cig in Malaysia and can become a reference for other similar countries. Methods: Complex sampling design was used to represent 19 million of Malaysian adult household. Samples were stratified by states and urbanity. Sampling units were districts, enumeration blocks and living quarters. All adults from the selected houses were invited to participate in this survey. Analysis was done using sampling weight and complex sampling analysis. Characteristics of current e-cig users were described unweighted. Results: A total of 4,288 individual responded in this survey. Majority of the respondents were at 25-44 years of age group (44%), Malay ethnicity (73%), completed at least secondary level of education (69%), working in private sectors (26%), Muslim (79%) and married (68%). Male and female were equally represented. Based on weighted population, 72% of the respondents were from the urban residential area. The prevalence of current e-cig users in Malaysia was 3.2% (95%CI 2.5-4.1), involving an estimated population of about 600,000 household residence. The prevalence in urban and rural were 3.3 (95%CI 2.4-4.4) and 2.8% (95%CI 2.1-3.8) respectively. E-cig users were common among young, male, Malay, highly educated, Muslim, single and those in urban area. Most of current e-cig users started smoking e-cig when they were 19 years and above. 48% used e-cig just to try, while 17% used it to quit cigarette smoking. 62% preferred nicotine in their e-cig liquid. Conclusions: This study able to represent adults Malaysians and results can be used to guide healthcare managers to manage e-cigarette use countries with similar characteristics.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Draman, Samsul Kartiwi, Mira Mahadir Naidu, Balkish Aris, Tahir
author_facet	Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Draman, Samsul Kartiwi, Mira Mahadir Naidu, Balkish Aris, Tahir
author_sort	Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
title	Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
title_short	Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
title_full	Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia
title_sort	prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in malaysia
publisher	EU European Publishing
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62614/12/62614_Prevalence%20and%20characteristics%20of.pdf
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Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette use among adults in Malaysia

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