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Understanding young adults' perception on e-cigarette: a qualitative study

E-cigarette are widely used in society. In order to understand the intentions of e-cigarettes usage among young adults, this study aimed to explore what factors influenced them to use e-cigarettes. In this study, 5 participants volunteered for counselling discussion. All participants were males and...

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Main Authors: Yusoff, A. M. B., Ghani, F. B. A., Ramli, J. B., Mahfar, M. B.
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spelling my.utm.768672018-04-30T14:21:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76867/ Understanding young adults' perception on e-cigarette: a qualitative study Yusoff, A. M. B. Ghani, F. B. A. Ramli, J. B. Mahfar, M. B. LB2300 Higher Education E-cigarette are widely used in society. In order to understand the intentions of e-cigarettes usage among young adults, this study aimed to explore what factors influenced them to use e-cigarettes. In this study, 5 participants volunteered for counselling discussion. All participants were males and currently enrolled as university students. Participant's ages ranged from 21 to 25 years old. This study used a qualitative method by applied interview approach to gain in-depth understanding of participants' viewpoints on e-cigarettes. The findings showed that there were 7 categories explained the intentions of young adults on e-cigarette usage. The intentions for e-cigarettes usage were to stop smoking addiction, harmless, suitable for indoor smoking, user friendly, pleasant flavour, fashion, and hobby. Based on these categories, this study grouped young adults' perceptions on e-cigarettes usage into 3 factors, which were the perception that e-cigarettes were safer than tobacco smoking, the nature of e-cigarettes was opposite by tobacco cigarettes, and to be stylish. The study provides a conceptual understanding for counsellors and educators to gain information about young adults' perceptions on this matter. This study helps further research to construct domains regarding the perceptions of e-cigarettes usage among young adults. Serials Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed Yusoff, A. M. B. and Ghani, F. B. A. and Ramli, J. B. and Mahfar, M. B. (2017) Understanding young adults' perception on e-cigarette: a qualitative study. Man in India, 97 (12). pp. 221-228. ISSN 0025-1569 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85025155076&partnerID=40&md5=7b0e9defc67ef566d558bd25d617b9a0
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Yusoff, A. M. B.
Ghani, F. B. A.
Ramli, J. B.
Mahfar, M. B.
Understanding young adults' perception on e-cigarette: a qualitative study
description E-cigarette are widely used in society. In order to understand the intentions of e-cigarettes usage among young adults, this study aimed to explore what factors influenced them to use e-cigarettes. In this study, 5 participants volunteered for counselling discussion. All participants were males and currently enrolled as university students. Participant's ages ranged from 21 to 25 years old. This study used a qualitative method by applied interview approach to gain in-depth understanding of participants' viewpoints on e-cigarettes. The findings showed that there were 7 categories explained the intentions of young adults on e-cigarette usage. The intentions for e-cigarettes usage were to stop smoking addiction, harmless, suitable for indoor smoking, user friendly, pleasant flavour, fashion, and hobby. Based on these categories, this study grouped young adults' perceptions on e-cigarettes usage into 3 factors, which were the perception that e-cigarettes were safer than tobacco smoking, the nature of e-cigarettes was opposite by tobacco cigarettes, and to be stylish. The study provides a conceptual understanding for counsellors and educators to gain information about young adults' perceptions on this matter. This study helps further research to construct domains regarding the perceptions of e-cigarettes usage among young adults.
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Ghani, F. B. A.
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title_short Understanding young adults' perception on e-cigarette: a qualitative study
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