Factors Related to the Use and Use Intention of Electronic Cigarettes in Dental Clinic Visiting Smokers

Abstract

Objectives: This study was to investigate the factors affecting the use of electronic cigarettes and intent to use cigarettes who visited dental clinic. Methods: This study is researched 179 people as smoker which visited 2 dental hospital and 3 dental clinic in Gwangju Metropolitan City using questionnaire survey from September 27, 2017 to October 24, 2017. The data was analyzed as frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, chi-square test, t-test, logistic regression using by SPSS version 24.0 statistics program. Results: Look over the analyze logistic regression using simple analysis result which percentage of relate lower than 0.1 based on answer which electronic cigarettes is no effect as use cessation aid, effective is 5.75 times higher. In case answer the effective as use cessation aid, they relate on use electronic cigarette (95% confidence interval, 95% CI = 1.57-21.03). Based on no stress during everyday life, stressed is 3.53 times higher than unstressed and relate on intent to use electronic cigarettes (95% CI = 1.25-9.98). Also based on answered no effect as use cessation aid is 6.62 times higher than effective as use cessation aid and related to intent of use electronic cigarette (95% CI = 1.58-27.66). Based on doesn't heard about electronic cigarettes are legally classified cigarettes, heard is 3.31 times higher than doesn't heard and related on intent of use electronic cigarettes (95% CI = 1.26-8.67). Conclusions: In this study, if help to get a correct recognition of electronic cigarettes and use cessation education to use people who visited dental clinic can be possible effective use cessation.

Impact of Conventional and Electronic Cigarette Use on the Adolescents’ Experience of Periodontal Disease Symptoms

“…Smoking is the direct cause of various diseases such as lung cancer and oral cancer, and has long-term adverse effects such as mental health problems, environmental pollution, and economic damage 1) . Smoking in adolescence leads to an increase in addiction to nicotine when physical and mental growth has not yet been completed; hence, the damage caused by smoking is inevitably increased 2,3) .…”