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      Conocimiento, uso y percepción de los cigarrillos electrónicos en estudiantes de ciencias de salud Translated title: Knowledge, use and perception of electronic cigarettes in health sciences students

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          Resumen Objetivo: describir el conocimiento, uso y percepción de nocividad de los cigarrillos electrónicos en estudiantes de ciencias de la salud. Metodología: estudio transversal con 380 estudiantes del grado de medicina y enfermería de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, España) mediante cuestionario autoadministrado, incluyendo variables sociodemográficas y consumo tabáquico. Se calcularon prevalencias y odds ratio (IC 95%). Se analizaron diferencias entre grupos sobre la percepción de nocividad. Resultados: el 97,9% conocía estos productos. El 29,2% lo habían probado alguna vez, siendo mayor su uso entre fumadores y estudiantes de enfermería. El 15,5% de no fumadores lo había utilizado alguna vez, el 62,5% de ellos con nicotina. El principal motivo de uso fue la curiosidad (70,1%). Conclusión: los resultados apoyan la hipótesis de que los cigarrillos electrónicos pueden ser una entrada a productos con nicotina entre la población joven no fumadora.

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          Abstract Objective: to describe knowledge of electronic cigarettes, use and their perceived harmfulness in health science students. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted to 380 medical and nursing students at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). A self-administered questionnaire was used, which included variables concerning sociodemographic factors and tobacco consumption. Prevalence and odd ratio were calculated. Differences between groups were analyzed for perceived harmfulness. Results: awareness of electronic cigarettes was 97.9%. The prevalence of ever use was 29.2%. There were statistically significant differences according to tobacco consumption (higher in current smokers) and health science degree (higher in nursing students). 15.5% of never-smoker students had ever use electronic cigarettes and 62.5% of them with nicotine charges. The main reason for trying them was curiosity (70.1%). Conclusions: the results second the concern of electronic cigarettes as possible gateway to nicotine products among young never-smoker population.

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                Journal
                index
                Index de Enfermería
                Index Enferm
                Fundación Index (Granada, Granada, Spain )
                1132-1296
                1699-5988
                December 2019
                : 28
                : 4
                : 179-183
                Affiliations
                [1] Cataluña orgnameUniversitat Internacional de Catalunya orgdiv1Grupo de Evaluación de los Determinantes de la Salud y Políticas Sanitarias Spain
                [2] orgnameInstituto Catalán de Oncología orgdiv1Grupo de Prevención y Control del Tabaquismo España
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                S1132-12962019000300004 S1132-1296(19)02800400004
                9d02b680-c9de-45bb-8e9c-b224121aa49e

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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                : 25 March 2019
                : 29 August 2019
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                Prevalencia,Estudiantes Ciencias de la Salud,Tabaco,Actitudes,Cigarrillo Electrónico,Prevalence,Health Science Students,Attitudes,Tobacco,Electronic Cigarette

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