%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluating effectiveness and safety toward electronic cigarette among Malaysian vapers: One‑month observational study
%A Azizur Rahman
%A Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamad
%A Shazia Jamshed
%J Archives of Pharmacy Practice
%@ 2320-5210
%D 2016
%V 7
%N 2
%P 43-53
%X Objective: Electronic cigarette (e‑cig) is recently growing substitute for smoking. The attention and practice of e‑cig among consumers is expanded globally, and Malaysia is not an exception to this, but the paucity of local data motivates us to do the current research. Methods: A total of 220 e‑cig vapers recruited for the study and divided into two categories based on smoking status as a single user and dual user. Both users observed for 1 month period to assess smoking cessation rate, adverse effects, withdrawal symptoms, and smoking‑related diseases. Results: A month follow‑up showed still 28.44% (P ≤ 0.001) of the entire study population (62 of 218, intention to treat analysis) were abstained from tobacco smoking. However, a high number of single user shown more quit rate as compared to of dual users (72.9% [51] vs. 7.4% [11]: Odds ratio 33.43; 95% confidence interval: 0.102–3.410) and merely two persons (
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