Do youth e-cigarette users perceive smoking as attractive? The dynamics of demographics and contextual factors
Omar B. Da’ar, Maria Alamr, Randah Alalweet, Bandar AlEissa, Farah Kalmey · 2026
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Omar B Da'ar and co-authors study how Saudi teens who vape view smoking in a 2026 survey analysis. Teen vaping is rising, and glamour around smoking may pull users toward cigarettes. The team used a national school survey from 2022.
Among 5,455 students aged 13 to 15, about one in seven had tried e-cigarettes. A quarter of those users saw smoking as attractive. Feeling that smoking is socially comfortable and holding branded goods raised that view. Contact with anti-smoking messages and shop marketing lowered it instead. Girls who vaped rated smoking as attractive more often than boys after adjustment. The authors target comfort norms and industry promotion for prevention.
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| CREATOR | Omar B. Da’ar, Maria Alamr, Randah Alalweet, Bandar AlEissa, Farah Kalmey |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |