백재용, 홍창빈, 이지원, 이지훈, 박태진, 김진승, 이가영

인제대학교 의과대학 부산백병원 가정의학과

Background: This study used the data of Korea Youth Risk
Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS) to confirm
the relationship between electronic cigarette use for smoking
cessation among Korean adolescents and demo- graphic,
health behavior, and school-life factors.
Methods: Data were taken from the 13th KYRBS in 2017. In
this study on 62,276 adolescents, characteristics
of 1,244 electronic cigarette users were compared with
those of non-electronic cigarette users. The 1,244 ado-
lescent electronic cigarette users were evaluated for
characteristics related to smoking cessation. Among the
related characteristics, demographic factors comprised sex,
grade, economic status, weekly allowance, and
residence type. Health status-related factors comprised
physical activity, lifetime drinking experience, smoking
amount, subjective health perception, and stress perception.
School characteristics included school type, aca- demic
performance, and smoking cessation education. Chi-square
test and logistic regression analysis were performed using
complex sample analysis.
Results: The proportion of current electronic cigarette users
was 2.2% (boys, 3.3%; girls, 0.9%). Of the 41.5%
of cigarette users willing to quit smoking, 11% used
electronic cigarettes for this purpose. Among the electronic
cigarette users, characteristics related to smoking cessation
were grade, weekly allowance, and residence
type, but logistic regression analysis revealed that increases
in grade (odds ratio [OR], 2.01; 95% confidence interval
[CI], 1.21-3.35) and living with family (OR, 4.17; 95% CI,
1.89-9.18) were associated with smoking cessation.
Conclusions: According to the 13th KYRBS in 2017,
adolescents were likely to use electronic cigarette for
smoking cessation when they are older and live with their
families.
Korean J Health Promot 2019;19(2):69-76
Keywords: Korea, Adolescent, Electronic nicotine delivery
systems, Smoking cessation