University Students' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding E-Cigarettes

Survey data from a cross-sectional study of university students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to e-cigarette use. The dataset, 9.5 KB in size, was collected via an online questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS. It was authored by Mansoorullah Muradi and last updated on 2026-05-28.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the association between peer influence and e-cigarette use based on reported friend and family smoking habits.
• Modeling predictors of poor knowledge about e-cigarette health risks based on demographic and behavioral variables.
• Investigating the relationship between traditional tobacco smoking and e-cigarette use for dual-use patterns.
• Assessing the perceived social acceptability of vaping versus traditional smoking among young adults.

Strengths

• Includes specific prevalence statistics, such as 54.2% of surveyed students reporting e-cigarette use.
• Reports key analytical findings, including a significant association (p=0.00) between tobacco smoking and e-cigarette use.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited scope and sample size.

Provenance

Source

Mansoorullah Muradi via figshare.

Collection Method

Data was gathered through an online questionnaire distributed via Google Forms to university students.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:32:43; freshness should be verified.