Elektronik Sigara Kullanıcılarının Elektronik Sigaraya Yönelik Tutumları ve Günlük Kullanım Alışkanlıkları

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Amaç: Bu araştırmada, elektronik sigara (e-sigara) kullanıcılarının e-sigaraya yönelik tutumlarını ve kullanım alışkanlıklarını değerlendirmek amaçlanmıştır. 

Yöntem: Çalışmaya e-sigara kullanan 269 kişi dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışmaya katılanlara e-sigara kullanımlarını incelemeye yönelik, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulmuş anket formu uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %97’sinin e-sigara kullanmadan önce geleneksel sigara kullandığı, %62.8’inin geleneksel sigarayı bırakmak için e-sigara kullanmaya başladığı,  %34.2’sinin halen geleneksel sigara ile birlikte e-sigara kullandığı, %61.7’sinin 12 aydan uzun süredir e-sigara kullandığı, %51.7’sinin uyandıktan sonra ilk 30 dakikada içerisinde e-sigara kullandığı, %100’ünün e-sigarayı geleneksel sigara kullananlara tavsiye ettiği saptanmıştır. 

Sonuç: Bu çalışma, katılımcıların e-sigaraya yönelik tutumlarına ve günlük kullanım alışkanlıklarına dikkat çekmektedir. Katılımcıların e-sigaraya yönelik olumlu tutumları nikotin bağımlılığının tedavisini engelleyici olabilir. E-sigaranın uzun dönem kullanımının insan sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerine yönelik araştırmalar yapmak halk sağlığı açısından önem taşımaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• elektronik sigara,nikotin,sigara içme

Attitudes of Electronic Cigarette Users towards Electronic Cigarette and Their Usage Habits

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate attitudes of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users towards e-cigarette and their e-cigarette usage habits. 

Method: The data collected from 269 e-cigarette users from a social media forum. In order to collect data online versions of a questionnaire developed by the researchers was used. 

Results: Results revealed that 97% of the participants were using conventional cigarette before e-cigarette use, 62,8% of them began to use e-cigarette to quit conventional cigarette, 34.2% of them were still using conventional cigarette with e-cigarette, 61.7% of them were using e-cigarette more than 12 months, 51.7% of them were using e-cigarette in within 30 minutes after they woke up and 100% of the recommended e-cigarette to conventional cigarette users.  

Conclusion: This study points out the attitudes of e-cigarette users towards e-cigarette and their usage habits. Positive attitudes of participants towards e-cigarette usage contribute nicotine addiction. Doing more researches about long term effects of e-cigarette usage on human health becomes more important for public health. 

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