Vaping and associated health problems in university students of lahore | [ESCULAPIO. JOURNAL OF SERVICES INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES • 2022]

Author(s):

1. Iram Manzoor: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

2. Aneeqa Mumtaz Joya: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

3. Iqra Mushtaq: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

4. Ayesha Noor: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

5. Azhar Abbas: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

6. Farwa Zawar: Department of Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.,Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: This study was carried out to assess health issues associated with Vaping among medical and nonmedical students of Lahore. Method: An analytical cross sectional study was conducted from March 2020 to July 2020 among students of multiple medical and non-medical colleges and universities. A sample of 160 students who were involved in vaping was collected through snow ball sampling technique. After IRB approval, pre-tested structured questionnaire was disseminated via Google forms. Students who were using E cigarettes and were willing to participate, were included in this study. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 22. Chi-square test was applied and p-value at <0.05 was considered significant to find out an association between knowledge and side effects reported in medical and non-medical students. Results: This study included 160 students who were already involved in vaping, out of which 111(69.38%) were male and 49(30.63%) were female. Health effects associated include cough 38(27%), shortness of breath 24(15%), palpitations 18(11.25%) and loss of appetite 16(10%).When asked about different reasons behind starting e-cigarettes it was concluded as better alternative than smoking 70 (43.75%) followed by social up-gradation by 48 (30%) of the participants. Significant association was found among respondents using e-cigarettes and awareness regarding presence of nicotine (p=0.02), harmful chemicals (p=0.05) and adverse effects associated with it (p=0.002) Conclusion: The study concluded that Vaping is more common in the students from other discipline rather than Medical students due to lack of information about its health hazards. Friends were the commonest source of information. Most of the non-medical students were unaware of harmful chemical ingredients present in ecigarettes and the most common adverse effect reported was productive cough.

Page(s): 163-168

DOI: 10.51273/esc22.2518212

Published: Journal: ESCULAPIO. JOURNAL OF SERVICES INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Year: 2022

Keywords:

medical and nonmedical students , vape , health issues

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