IntroductionThe use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in adults is increasingglobally, and similar trends may be observed in the young population. Ourobjective was to estimate the awareness and use of e-cigarettes among the studentsfrom two comprehensive universities in Shanghai, China, and to identify thefactors that may influence their decision to use e-cigarettes and their possibleadverse effects.MethodsAn online cross-sectional survey was conducted among the students ofShanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University. A total of 869 students(412 males and 457 females), mean age 21.09 years (SD=2.44), were recruited in2018. Multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were performed to explorethe associations between ever e-cigarette use and influencing factors.ResultsOf the responding students, 88.4% were aware of e-cigarettes, 4.6% hadused e-cigarettes at least once in their lifetime, and 1.7% were current e-cigarettesusers. Males and smokers were more likely to use e-cigarettes (ever usede-cigarettes even once) than females (OR=3.51; 95% CI: 1.69–7.27; p=0.001)and non-smokers (OR=28.58; 95% CI: 14.03–58.20; p<0.001). Universitystudents were easily motivated to use e-cigarettes when their peers also usedthem, and the risk ratio was 4.15 (95% CI: 2.11–8.19) compared with if theirpeers never used e-cigarettes. The major factors found to motivate universitystudents to use e-cigarettes were the belief that e-cigarettes were less harmfulor not harmful (55.0%) and the perception that e-cigarettes were helpful to quitsmoking (37.5%). The survey also indicated that 72.4% of the respondents heardabout e-cigarettes from television advertisements, 42.7% from websites online,and 41.2% from their parents and friends.ConclusionsUniversity students who were males, cigarette smokers and whosepeers used e-cigarettes were more likely to use e-cigarettes. The use of traditionalcigarettes should be controlled strictly in order to reduce the likelihood ofe-cigarette use among university students.
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机译：成人IntroductionThe使用电子烟（电子香烟）是increasingglobally，以及类似的趋势可能在年轻人群中观察到。 Ourobjective是评估在中国上海studentsfrom两次全面的大学之间的了解和使用电子香烟，并找出可能影响其使用电子香烟和他们possibleadverse effects.MethodsAn决定在线横断面调查thefactors进行了学生ofShanghai交通大学和复旦大学之间。共有869名学生（412名男性和女性457），平均年龄21.09年（SD = 2.44），招募in2018。多变量二元逻辑回归分析来不断与电子烟的使用和影响factors.ResultsOf的受访学生explorethe协会，88.4％的人知道电子香烟，4.6％hadused电子香烟至少一次在他们的一生，和1.7％是目前电子cigarettesusers。男性和吸烟者更可能使用电子香烟（曾经usede香烟甚至一度）比女性（OR = 3.51; 95％CI：1.69-7.27; P = 0.001）和非吸烟者（OR = 28.58; 95％CI ：14.03-58.20; p <0.001）。 Universitystudents很容易激发使用电子烟时，他们的同龄人也usedthem，而且风险比为4.15（95％CI：2.11-8.19）如果用从未theirpeers使用电子香烟进行比较。发现激励universitystudents的主要因素，使用电子香烟是相信，电子香烟是harmfulor少不会对人体有害（55.0％）和电子香烟是有帮助的quitsmoking（37.5％）的看法。调查还显示，受访者72.4％heardabout从电视广告电子香烟，从网站42.7％的网上，和41.2％，从他们的父母和friends.ConclusionsUniversity学生谁是男性，吸烟者和whosepeers使用电子香烟更容易使用电子香烟。使用traditionalcigarettes的要严格，以减少大学生中的可能性OFE香烟使用进行控制。
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