College Freshmen Behaviors and Perceptions about E-Cigarettes
Presentation Type
Event
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Elizabeth Carter
Other Mentors
Additional Mentor: Kyle Holody,
Major
Public Health
Minor
Exercise Science
Presentation Abstract
In recent years, an emerging trend of increased e-cigarette usage has raised concerns about potential negative health outcomes that may be associated. Specifically, from 2011 to 2013, there was a 30.04% increase in e-cigarette usage among middle and high school students, and a 30.2% increase by college students. Observed increases in e-cigarette use and the potential associated health problems has sparked an interest in individuals' behaviors and perceptions regarding the issue. Because of this trend, Coastal Carolina University's social norms campaign created a survey in the spring of 2018 to study the prevalence and perceptions about e-cigarette usage that exist on CCU's campus. The purpose of this study is to discover differences between the perceptions and behaviors of CCU freshmen and upperclassmen regarding e-cigarette usage by analyzing the data collected by the Wally Social Norms Campaign
Location
Lib Jackson Student Union, Atrium
Start Date
17-4-2019 4:30 PM
End Date
17-4-2019 6:30 PM
Disciplines
Public Health
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Tessa, "College Freshmen Behaviors and Perceptions about E-Cigarettes" (2019). Undergraduate Research Competition. 49.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2019/poster/49
College Freshmen Behaviors and Perceptions about E-Cigarettes
Lib Jackson Student Union, Atrium
In recent years, an emerging trend of increased e-cigarette usage has raised concerns about potential negative health outcomes that may be associated. Specifically, from 2011 to 2013, there was a 30.04% increase in e-cigarette usage among middle and high school students, and a 30.2% increase by college students. Observed increases in e-cigarette use and the potential associated health problems has sparked an interest in individuals' behaviors and perceptions regarding the issue. Because of this trend, Coastal Carolina University's social norms campaign created a survey in the spring of 2018 to study the prevalence and perceptions about e-cigarette usage that exist on CCU's campus. The purpose of this study is to discover differences between the perceptions and behaviors of CCU freshmen and upperclassmen regarding e-cigarette usage by analyzing the data collected by the Wally Social Norms Campaign