Perception of Ain Shams University Students Related to Electronic Cigarette Smoking

Background: Electronic cigarette smoking is gaining popularity and spreading among university students.. Aim: This study aimed to assess perception of Ain shams university students related to electronic- cigarette smoking. Research design: A descriptive analytical design was utilized. Subject: A convenient sample of 420 students from Ain shams university. Setting: The study was conducted in the academic structure of Ain shams university including 10 faculties in the main campus and 5 faculties along its extension including scientific and non -scientific faculties. Data collection tools: Two tools were used to conduct the study. Tool 1) Self- administered questionnaire which includes three parts. Part I: socio-demographic data of Ain shams university students, Part II: knowledge of Ain shams university students related to e-cigarette smoking, Part III: Reported practices of Ain shams university students related to e-cigarette smoking adapted from Karasneh, et al, 2021. Tool 2) Perception scale of Ain shams university students related to e-cigarette smoking adapted from Karasneh, et al, 2021. Results: 75.5% of Ain shams university students had unsatisfactory total knowledge score level about electronic cigarettes smoking, 81.3 % of them had harmful practices related to electronic cigarette smoking and 91.9 % of them had negative perception related to electronic smoking. Conclusion: There was a statistically insignificant relation exists between total knowledge of Ain shams university students and their age, gender and place of residence. While there was a statistically significant relation between perception of Ain shams university students and gender & type of faculty. There was a statistically insignificant relation between total perception of Ain shams university and their ages& place of residence.,Finally, there was a statistically insignificant relation between knowledge of Ain shams university students &their reported practices about electronic cigarette smoking. Recommendations: Raising up knowledge of university students about harmful effects of vaping. Further study to investigate harmful effects of electronic cigarettes smoking on health of university students.