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Dental Treatment 2018 Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X Page 44
September 10-11, 2018
Zurich, Switzerland
25th International Conference on
Dental Treatment
Background: E-cigarette smoking is becoming a fast growing
trend amongst the young adults today. The practice of young
adults smoking E-cigarettes may have been adopted as a way
of smoking cessation or just to follow a trend. However, most
people still remain unaware of the detrimental effects of smoking
E-cigarettes. The present study was carried out to assess the
prevalenceof thehabit of smokingE-cigarettesand theawareness
of harmful effects of the same amongst adults aged 18-23 years.
Methods: A questionnaire adopted and modified for using
Google forms from Farsalinos K E et al. was used in the study.
Participants were requested to fill the survey irrespective of their
smoking status after taking consent.
Results: The cohort had 710 samples from 6 countries, with the
mean age of 20.65±1.701 years. There were 412 females and
298 males in the study. Most of the respondents were from India,
the second most common participants were from USA followed
by UK. The most common mode of information on existence of
E-cigarettes to the participants was from family members, friends
followed by the internet search engines and TV/ newspaper
advertisements. E-Cigarettes had a prevalence of 5.63% among
the cohort (40/710). Among these, 26 participants have been
using E-cigarettes for less than 1 year and 2 participants for more
than 5 years. E-cigarette smokers also experienced sore throat,
cough, headache, dizziness and sleeplessness. Less than half of
the young adults were unaware of the amount of nicotine in the
E-liquid.
Conclusion: Majority of the young population was unaware about
the use and harmful effects of E-cigarette. Attempts should be
made to spread awareness using media campaigns, educational
videos and online surveys.
Biography
Vidushi Gupta is a student of Year III, Bachelors of Dental Sciences in Ma-
nipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
Mangalore, Karnataka,India.
Madhu Sharma is a student of Year III, Bachelors of Dental Sciences in Ma-
nipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Assessment of knowledge of use of electronic cigarettes
and its harmful effects amongst young adults
Vidushi Gupta and Madhu Sharma
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Vidushi Gupta et al., J Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C3-008