Table 5.
Distribution of the Sample According to Current Parental Smoking/Vaping Users and Both Their Knowledge and Behavior Answers
| Parents Smoking/Vaping | Neither (n= 531) N (%) |
Father Only (n= 616) N (%) |
Mother Only (n= 29) N (%) |
Both (n= 210) N (%) |
Total N (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQ1: Is one of your children e-cigarettes? | yes | 67 (12.6%) | 81 (13.1%) | 5 (17.2%) | 31 (14.8%) | 184 (13.3%) | 0.799 |
| No | 464 (87.4%) | 535(86.9%) | 24(82.8%) | 179(85.2%) | 1202 (86.7%) | ||
| KQ2: Do you think e-cigarette is an effective way to quit smoking? | Yes | 24(4.5%) | 31 (5.0%) | 2 (6.9%) | 30 (14.3%) | 87 (6.3%) | <0.001* |
| No | 267(50.3%) | 365 (59.3%) | 21 (72.4%) | 117 (55.7%) | 770 (55.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 240 (45.2%) | 220 (35.7%) | 6 (20.7%) | 63 (30.0%) | 529 (38.2%) | ||
| KQ3: Do you think e-cigarette have lower incidence of cancer compared to a regular cigarette user? | Yes | 59 (11.1%) | 62 (10.1%) | 2 (6.9%) | 45 (21.4%) | 168 (12.1%) | <0.001* |
| No | 230 (43.3%) | 311 (50.5%) | 18 (62.1%) | 100 (47.6%) | 659 (47.5%) | ||
| I do not know | 242 (45.6%) | 243 (39.4%) | 9 (31.0%) | 65 (31.0%) | 559 (40.3%) | ||
| KQ4: Are the e-cigarette declared by the Food and Drug Association as a means of stopping smoking? | Yes | 7 (1.3%) | 19 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (3.3%) | 33 (2.4%) | 0.013* |
| No | 163 (30.7%) | 228 (37.0%) | 15 (51.7%) | 79 (37.6%) | 485 (35.0%) | ||
| I do not know | 361 (68.0%) | 369 (59.9%) | 14(48.3%) | 124 (59.0%) | 868 (62.6%) | ||
| KQ5: Is indoor e-cigarette permitted in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 30 (5.6%) | 43 (7.0%) | 4 (13.8%) | 29 (13.8%) | 106 (7.6%) | <0.001* |
| No | 213 (40.1%) | 258 (41.9%) | 16 (55.2%) | 103 (49.0%) | 590 (42.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 288 (54.2%) | 315 (51.1%) | 9 (31.0%) | 78 (37.1%) | 690 (49.8%) | ||
| KQ6: Can e-cigarette cause health problems | yes | 369 (69.5%) | 436 (70.8%) | 24 (82.8%) | 163 (16.4%) | 992 (71.6%) | 0.076 |
| No | 162 (30.5%) | 180 (29.2%) | 5 (17.2%) | 163 (16.4%) | 394 (28.4%) | ||
| KQ7: Are minors allowed to buy e-cigarette in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 39 (7.3%) | 68 (11.0%) | 5 (17.2%) | 27 (12.9%) | 139 (10.0%) | 0.038* |
| No | 236 (44.4%) | 245 (39.8%) | 16 (55.2%) | 83 (39.5%) | 580 (41.8%) | ||
| I do not know | 256 (48.2%) | 303 (49.2%) | 8 (27.6%) | 100 (47.6%) | 667 (48.1%) | ||
| BQ1: I have discussed with my children the regular smoking. | yes | 348 (65.5%) | 382 (62.0%) | 14 (48.3%) | 110 (52.4%) | 854 (61.6%) | 0.004* |
| No | 183 (34.5%) | 234 (38.0%) | 15 (51.7%) | 100 (47.6%) | 532 (38.4%) | ||
| BQ2: I have discussed with my children e-cigarette. | yes | 133 (25.0%) | 168 (27.3%) | 10 (34.5%) | 60 (28.6%) | 371 (26.8%) | 0.550 |
| No | 398 (75.0%) | 448 (72.7%) | 19 (65.5%) | 150 (71.4%) | 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.