Analysis of Factors Influencing Adolescent Using Electric Cigarettes (Vape) in Indonesia

Melina, Monika and Susanti, Heni and Yusuf, Yuhanif and Admiral, Admiral and Anggraini, Friska (2022) Analysis of Factors Influencing Adolescent Using Electric Cigarettes (Vape) in Indonesia. In: Proceeding International Conference on Malay Identiti (ICMI).

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Abstract

Adolescence is a transitional period in human life where it connects children with adulthood. Recently, there has been a trend of cigarettes in Indonesia which is commonly called by teenagers, namely vaping. The use of e-cigarettes (vape) is not only used by parents but teenagers and children also use it. It is known that users of e-cigarettes (vape) can increase the risk of adolescents to the risk of tobacco cigarettes. This type of research is using cross sectional method. The population in this study were all teenagers using electric cigarettes (vape) in Bengkulu City from the age of 20-24 years, with a total sample of 99 teenagers with purposive sampling. The data collection technique used is a questionnaire. The results showed that the most influential factor in the use of e-cigarettes (vape) among teenagers in the city of Bengkulu was environmental factors (friends environment) 90.90%, then environmental factors (family environment), economic factors, the media factor is and the lowest is the environmental factor (lifestyle environment). It is hoped that parents can control their children's behavior through adequate supervision and parents should always follow technological developments so that they can provide education to children.

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