Junghwan Suh, Yong Woo Jeon, Jung Hyun Lee, Kyungchul Song, Han Saem Choi, Ahreum Kwon, Hyun Wook Chae, Hyeon Chang Kim, Ho-Seong Kim, Il Suh
Annual incidence and prevalence of obesity in childhood and young adulthood based on a 30-year longitudinal population-based cohort study in Korea: the Kangwha study
Annals of epidemiology
use electronic cigarettes ecigarettes rise among young adults higher public acceptance traditional tobacco study taiwan employed concept mapping explore risk benefit perceptions ecigarette use among college students study involved 100 college students 11 taiwanese universities 50 ecigarette users 50 nonusers data collection analysis done groupwisdom platform participants engaged brainstorming rating sorting perceptions analyzed using multidimensional scaling hierarchical cluster analyses participants mean age 1924 years 55 male process resulted identification 10 clusters encompassing 64 statements 3 clusters focused risk perceptions 6 benefit perceptions 1 dealing ecigarette regulations notably risk perceptions rated higher benefit perceptions nonusers held significantly higher risk perceptions lower benefit perceptions across nine clusters related ecigarette use concept mapping proved effective tool understanding college students perceptions findings assist health educators comprehending college students viewpoints ecigarette use developing targeted interventions additionally exploring benefit perceptions may enhance students critical thinking skills regarding ecigarette advertising