Open AccessPerception and Behavior about Electric Cigarette in Electric Cigarette Users in Medan City, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Bianca Franchyeda,
Bintang Yinke Magdalena Sinaga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.5701
Subject(s) - medicine , perception , cigarette smoking , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , sample (material) , demography , psychology , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , sociology , social science
BACKGROUND: As a new device and technology, the use of e-cigarettes has increased rapidly in Indonesia, e-cigarettes attract and make people curious.AIM: This study aims to determine the description of perceptions and behavior about e- cigarettes in e-cigarette users in Medan city, Indonesia.METHODS: This type of research is quantitative with descriptive design. The sample of this study was 100 electric cigarette users in Medan city, Indonesia, using consecutive sampling method. The data in this study were obtained through a questionnaire conducted in August–October 2019.RESULTS: The respondents of this study were 100 electric cigarette users, consisting of 92 men and 8 women, aged between 17 and 39 years and 42% worked as students. Some respondents had more than 1 electric cigarette device and used different atomizers on different devices. As many as, 42% of tobacco smoking respondents switched to e-cigarettes and stopped smoking. There is a decrease in the number of tobacco cigarette consumption among users who use tobacco cigarettes and electric cigarettes, respondents who had a positive perception of e-cigarettes were 51%, and most of respondents (88%) use e-cigarettes because they see the people around them.CONCLUSION: This study shows that the majority of e-cigarette users in Medan city, Indonesia, are former smokers and have a positive perception of e-cigarettes. Moreover, the most frequent reasons to start using electric cigarette are because they see others around them use it.