@article{3169605,
    title = "Awareness and Current Use of Electronic Cigarettes in Indonesia,
Malaysia, Qatar, and Greece: Findings From 2011-2013 Global Adult
Tobacco Surveys",
    author = "Palipudi, Krishna Mohan and Mbulo, Lazarous and Morton, Jeremy and and Mbulo, Lazarous and Bunnell, Rebecca and Blutcher-Nelson, Glenda and and Kosen, Soewarta and Tee, Guat Hiong and Abdalla, Amani Mohamed Elkhatim and and Al Mutawa, Kholood Ateeq and Barbouni, Anastasia and Antoniadou, and Eleni and Fouad, Heba and Khoury, Rula N. and Rarick, James and Sinha, and Dhirendra N. and Asma, Samira and GATS Collaborative Grp",
    journal = "Nicotine & Tobacco Research",
    year = "2016",
    volume = "18",
    number = "4",
    pages = "501-507",
    publisher = "Oxford University Press",
    issn = "1462-2203, 1469-994X",
    doi = "10.1093/ntr/ntv081",
    abstract = "Introduction: Increases in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) awareness
and current use have been documented in high income countries but less
is known about middle and low income countries.
Methods: Nationally representative household survey data from the first
four Global Adult Tobacco Surveys to assess e-cigarettes were analyzed,
including Indonesia (2011), Malaysia (2011), Qatar (2013), and Greece
(2013). Correlates of e-cigarette awareness and current use were
calculated. Sample sizes for Greece and Qatar allowed for further
analysis of e-cigarette users.
Results: Awareness of e-cigarettes was 10.9% in Indonesia, 21.0% in
Malaysia, 49.0% in Qatar, and 88.5% in Greece. In all four countries,
awareness was higher among male, younger, more educated, and wealthier
respondents. Current e-cigarette use among those aware of e-cigarettes
was 3.9% in Malaysia, 2.5% in Indonesia, 2.2% in Greece and 1.8% in
Qatar. Across these four countries, an estimated 818 500 people are
currently using e-cigarettes. Among current e-cigarette users, 64.4% in
Greece and 84.1% in Qatar also smoked cigarettes, and, 10.6% in Greece
and 6.0% in Qatar were never-smokers.
Conclusions: E-cigarette awareness and use was evident in all four
countries. Ongoing surveillance and monitoring of awareness and use of
e-cigarettes in these and other countries could help inform tobacco
control policies and public health interventions. Future surveillance
should monitor use of e-cigarettes among current smokers and uptake
among never-smokers and relapsing former smokers."
}