Table 4.
Distribution of the Sample According to Current Parental Smoking and Both Their Knowledge and Behavior Answers
| Cigarette Smoking by the Parents | Neither (n= 817) N (%) |
Father Only (n= 430) N (%) |
Mother Only (n= 46) N (%) |
Both (n= 93) N (%) |
Total N (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQ1: Is one of your children e-cigarettes? | yes | 114 (14.0%) | 51 (11.9%) | 10 (21.7%) | 9 (9.7%) | 184 (13.3%) | 0.173 |
| No | 703 (86.0%) | 379(88.1%) | 36(78.3%) | 84(90.3%) | 1202 (86.7%) | ||
| KQ2: Do you think e-cigarette is an effective way to quit smoking? | Yes | 41 (5.0%) | 31 (7.2%) | 3 (6.5%) | 12 (12.9%) | 87 (6.3%) | 0.008* |
| No | 440 (53.9%) | 244 (56.7%) | 30 (65.2%) | 56 (60.2%) | 770 (55.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 336 (41.1%) | 155 (36.0%) | 13 (28.3%) | 25 (26.9%) | 529 (38.2%) | ||
| KQ3: Do you think e-cigarette have lower incidence of cancer compared to a regular cigarette user? | Yes | 93 (11.4%) | 55 (12.8%) | 4 (8.7%) | 16 (17.2%) | 168 (12.1%) | 0.212 |
| No | 375 (45.9%) | 211 (49.1%) | 27 (58.7%) | 46 (49.5%) | 659 (47.5%) | ||
| I do not know | 349 (42.7%) | 164 (38.1%) | 15 (32.6%) | 31 (33.3%) | 559 (40.3%) | ||
| KQ4: Are the e-cigarette declared by the Food and Drug Association as a means of stopping smoking? | Yes | 14 (1.7%) | 15 (3.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (4.3%) | 33 (2.4%) | 0.108 |
| No | 273 (33.4%) | 155 (36.0%) | 19 (41.3%) | 38 (40.9%) | 485 (35.0%) | ||
| I do not know | 530 (64.9%) | 260 (60.5%) | 27 (58.7%) | 51 (54.8% | 868 (62.6%) | ||
| KQ5: Is indoor e-cigarette permitted in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 49(6.0%) | 36 (8.4%) | 9 (19.6%) | 12 (12.9%) | 106 (7.6%) | <0.001* |
| No | 334 (40.9%) | 180 (41.9%) | 26 (56.5%) | 50(53.8%) | 590 (42.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 434 (53.1%) | 214 (49.8%) | 11 (23.9%) | 31 (33.3%) | 690 (49.8%) | ||
| KQ6: Can e-cigarette cause health problems | yes | 570 (69.8%) | 303 (70.5%) | 39 (84.8%) | 80 (86%) | 992 (71.6%) | 0.002* |
| No | 247 (30.2%) | 127 (29.5%) | 7 (15.2%) | 13 (14%) | 394 (28.4%) | ||
| KQ7: Are minors allowed to buy e-cigarette in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 74 (9.1%) | 45 (10.5%) | 9 (19.6%) | 11 (11.8%) | 139 (10.0%) | 0.124 |
| No | 340 (41.6%) | 174 (40.5%) | 21 (45.7%) | 45 (48.4%) | 580 (41.8%) | ||
| I do not know | 403 (49.3%) | 211 (49.1%) | 16 (34.8%) | 37 (39.8%) | 667 (48.1%) | ||
| BQ1: I have discussed with my children the regular smoking. | yes | 522 (63.9%) | 255 (59.3%) | 27 (58.7%) | 50 (53.8%) | 854 (61.6%) | 0.148 |
| No | 295 (36.1%) | 175 (40.7%) | 19 (41.3%) | 43 (46.2%) | 532 (38.4%) | ||
| BQ2: I have discussed with my children e-cigarette. | yes | 221 (27.1%) | 104 (24.2%) | 16 (34.8%) | 30 (32.3%) | 371 (26.8%) | 0.218 |
| No | 596 (72.9%) | 326 (75.8%) | 30 (65.2%) | 63 (67.7%) | 1015 (73.2%) | ||
Notes: *Significant at P ≤ 0.05. P value based on chi-square test.
Abbreviations: e-cigarette, electronic cigarettes; KQ, knowledge question; BQ, behavior question.