How Is Use of Electronic Cigarettes Related to Conventional Cigarette Use? A Qualitative Study among Korean American Young Adults

ObjectiveElectronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) which utilise prefilled‘pods’(pod devices) entered the US market in 2015. One brand, JUUL, captured more than half the e-cigarette market in early 2018, and the US Food and Drug Administration recently warned its manufacturer about adolescent uptake. This is the first qualitative study to describe distinct features of pod devices that appear to contribute to their popularity among young people.DesignQualitative interview study of young adults who had used pod devices. Participants were recruited from Facebook, other social media, street recruitment and via snowball sampling.SettingParticipants were from California, with most from the San Francisco Bay Area.ParticipantsYoung adults (aged 18–29 years) using multiple tobacco products (cigarettes, e-cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco) were recruited. Of the sample of 60 participants, 24 were included in this analysis: 10 who reported experience with pod devices and 14 who used other non-pod e-cigarette devices.ResultsTen participants had used a pod device in the past year. Of the pod device users, seven still used a pod device at the time of the interview and five did so daily. Nearly all (n=9) pod device users smoked cigarettes in the past month; none were daily smokers. The 14 participants who used non-pod devices provided a point of comparison. Participants highlighted some distinct aspects of pod devices that facilitated use, including their aesthetic similarity to personal electronics, high levels of nicotine delivery with distinct psychoactive effects, more discreet and shorter duration use sessions, and greater social acceptability than more ostentatious non-pod e-cigarettes.ConclusionsPod devices’ unique characteristics likely encourage pod device uptake among young people. Limitations on advertising in youth channels, flavours and distribution, and education about nicotine addiction may decrease initiation among young people and non-smokers.

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Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes: Perceptions of health science programme students in Malaysia

Health Education Journal ◽

10.1177/0017896917732363 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 76 (8) ◽

pp. 1000-1008 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yin Hoong Goh ◽

Juman Abdulelah Dujaili ◽

Ali Qais Blebil ◽

Syed Imran Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Electronic Cigarettes ◽

Health Science ◽

International Medical ◽

Cigarette Use ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Behavioural Characteristics ◽

Medical University ◽

The Impact

Objectives: In recent years, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or e-cigarettes appear to be gaining in popularity despite controversy over their health effects and public health impacts. This paper is the first in Malaysia to assess sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics associated with ENDS awareness, perceptions and use among students enrolled in health science programmes. Design: Online self-reported use and perceptions of ENDS were assessed using a cross-sectional design. Setting: The study was conducted at the International Medical University, Malaysia. Method: An anonymous Internet-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted among a cohort of 404 undergraduate students at International Medical University, Malaysia, in September 2016. Data were collected over a period of 6 weeks. A 31-question web-based survey was developed to assess sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics associated with ENDS awareness, perceptions and use. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the impact of a set of predictors on e-cigarette use. Results: Almost 95% of respondents were aware of e-cigarettes, 13.8% reported ever-use and students had varied perceptions towards e-cigarettes. Characteristics associated with greater likelihood of ever-use included gender, ethnicity and parents educational level. Other correlates included prior conventional cigarette smoking, prior hookah smoking, parents’ tobacco use and higher sensation-seeking behaviour total score. Conclusion: In this sample of young adults, e-cigarette awareness was high and ever-use was evident especially among ever cigarette smokers. Nearly half of ever-users had not used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days of the survey and mostly reported flavoured over unflavoured e-cigarette use. These findings highlight the importance of e-cigarette surveillance and health promotion interventions targeting young adults.

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Postschool outcomes for Korean American young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, and parental perceptions of transition planning

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.9421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (12) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Kyeong-Hwa Kim ◽

Mary E. Morningstar

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

High School ◽

Young Adults ◽

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Transition Planning ◽

Past Research ◽

Parental Perceptions ◽

Korean American ◽

Postschool Outcomes ◽

American Young Adults

In the literature on young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), little research has been conducted regarding the perspectives of Korean American young adults with disabilities and their families. This study investigated the postschool outcomes of Korean American young adults (aged 18–25 years) with IDD, and their parents' perceptions of transition planning. The postsecondary employment outcomes of Korean American young adults with IDD were poorer than those of other groups of young adults with IDD. Korean American young adults with IDD were also less likely to be enrolled in higher education than were other young adults with IDD studied in past research. Many parents were dissatisfied with the transition planning for their children leaving high school. It is, therefore, important for professionals to ensure that Korean American parents are equipped with appropriate information related to their child's transition planning.

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Place Matters in Perceived Tobacco Exposure Among Korean American Young Adults: Mixed Methods Approach

Substance Use & Misuse ◽

10.3109/10826084.2014.850277 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (8) ◽

pp. 1054-1063 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jimi Huh ◽

James Paul Thing ◽

Zarina Sabrina Abramova ◽

Mojgan Sami ◽

Jennifer Beth Unger

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Korean American ◽

Tobacco Exposure ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

American Young Adults

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Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16245038 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (24) ◽

pp. 5038 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sílvia Font-Mayolas ◽

Mark J. M. Sullman ◽

Maria-Eugenia Gras

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

University Students ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Electronic Cigarettes ◽

Common Reason ◽

Future Research ◽

Cigarette Use ◽

Tobacco Products ◽

Concurrent Use ◽

Turkish University Students

Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electronic cigarettes) among young adults (n = 355) in Spain and Turkey. The survey measured demographics, lifetime and past month tobacco use, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, whether waterpipes and e-cigarettes contained nicotine and reasons for using these substances. The majority of the Turkish (men = 80% and women = 63.9%) and Spanish sample (men = 61.4% and women = 69.3%) were polytobacco users. The most common reason for using e-cigarettes was “to experiment, to see what is like” (Turkish sample: men 66.7% and women 57.1; Spanish sample: men 72.7% and women 93.8%). The most common reason to use regular cigarettes was “to relax and relieve tension” (Turkish sample: men 88.9% and women 77.6%; Spanish sample: men 78.1% and women 76%), while for waterpipe users, the most common reason was “to experiment, to see what it is like” (Turkish sample: men 93.3% and women 80%; Spanish sample: men 78.9% and women 93.8%). The implications for prevention and future research are discussed.

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