Knowledge, attitude, practice and policy support of college students toward electronic cigarette use: a nationwide multicentric study in Iran
The high prevalence of e-cigarette use among Iranian university students is compounded by significant knowledge gaps and permissive attitudes. This underscores an urgent need for multi-level interventions, including targeted educational campaigns, comprehensive smoke-free campus policies, and national regulations to curb access and marketing, to effectively counter this public health threat.
Authors
- M Servat
- Soleiman Kheiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-8681)
- Ali Ataei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9721-4587)
- Mohammad Bagher Jafari
- Arash Yavari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0815-5088)
- Maryam Ranjbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3959-6318)
- Shervin Assari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-6250)
- Maryam Mollaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7431-4936)
- Mohammad Pashmchi
- FatemehAlsadat AghaeiMeybodi
- Nima Ghazal
- Alireza Pourmohebbi
- Reza Nassiri Tayebi
- Soroush Ashrafpoury
- Ali Neghabi
- Danial Rouhi
Institutions
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (IR)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Bam University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (US)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25557-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16