Table 6.
Distribution of the Sample According to Ever Parental Smoking/Vaping Users Even if Tried It Once in Their Life and Both Their Knowledge and Behavior Answers
| Parents Ever Used Smoking/Vaping | Neither (n=513) N (%) |
Father Only (n=621) N (%) |
Mother Only (n= 35) N (%) |
Both (n= 217) N (%) |
Total N (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQ1: Is one of your children e-cigarettes? | Yes | 65 (12.7%) | 81 (13.0%) | 5 (14.3%) | 33 (15.2%) | 184 (13.3%) | 0.819 |
| No | 448 (87.3%) | 540 (87.0%) | 30 (85.7%) | 184 (84.8%) | 1202 (86.7%) | ||
| KQ2: Do you think e-cigarette is an effective way to quit smoking? | Yes | 21 (4.1%) | 32 (5.2%) | 3 (8.6%) | 31 (14.3%) | 87 (6.3%) | <0.001* |
| No | 261 (50.9%) | 366 (58.9%) | 23 (65.7%) | 120 (55.3%) | 770 (55.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 231 (45.0%) | 223 (35.9%) | 9 (25.7%) | 66 (30.4%) | 529 (38.2%) | ||
| KQ3: Do you think e-cigarette have lower incidence of cancer compared to a regular cigarette user? | Yes | 50 (9.7%) | 64 (10.3%) | 7 (20.0%) | 47 (21.7%) | 168 (12.1%) | <0.001* |
| No | 226 (44.1%) | 311 (50.1%) | 18 (51.4%) | 104 (47.9%) | 659 (47.5%) | ||
| I do not know | 237 (46.2%) | 246 (39.6%) | 10 (28.6%) | 66 (30.4%) | 559 (40.3%) | ||
| KQ4: Are the e-cigarette declared by the Food and Drug Association as a means of stopping smoking? | Yes | 6 (1.2%) | 19 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (3.7%) | 33 (2.4%) | 0.003* |
| No | 157(30.6%) | 227 (36.6%) | 19 (54.3%) | 82 (37.8%) | 485 (35.0%) | ||
| I do not know | 350 (68.2%) | 375 (60.4%) | 16/35 (45.7%) | 127 (58.5%) | 868 (62.6%) | ||
| KQ5: Is indoor e-cigarette permitted in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 27 (5.3%) | 43 (6.9%) | 5 (14.3%) | 31 (14.3%) | 106 (7.6%) | <0.001* |
| No | 203 (39.6%) | 260 (41.9%) | 20 (57.1%) | 107 (49.3%) | 590 (42.6%) | ||
| I do not know | 283 (55.2%) | 318 (51.2%) | 10 (28.6%) | 79 (36.4%) | 690 (49.8%) | ||
| KQ6: Can e-cigarette cause health problems | Yes | 354 (69%) | 442 (71.2%) | 28/35 (80%) | 168 (77.4%) | 992 (71.6%) | 0.087 |
| No | 159 (31%) | 179 (28.8%) | 7 (20%) | 49 (22.6%) | 394 (28.4%) | ||
| KQ7: Are minors allowed to buy e-cigarette in Saudi Arabia? | Yes | 37 (7.2%) | 68 (11.0%) | 5 (14.3%) | 29 (13.4%) | 139 (10.0%) | 0.046* |
| No | 228 (44.4%) | 249 (40.1%) | 19 (54.3%) | 84 (38.7%) | 580 (41.8%) | ||
| I do not know | 248 (48.3%) | 304 (49.0%) | 11 (31.4%) | 104 (47.9%) | 667 (48.1%) | ||
| BQ1: I have discussed with my children the regular smoking. | Yes | 340 (66.3%) | 384 (61.8%) | 15 (42.9%) | 115 (53.0%) | 854 (61.6%) | <0.001* |
| No | 173 (33.7%) | 237 (38.2%) | 20 (57.1%) | 102 (47.0%) | 532 (38.4%) | ||
| BQ2: I have discussed with my children e-cigarette. | Yes | 131 (25.5%) | 169 (27.2%) | 10 (28.6%) | 61 (28.1%) | 371 (26.8%) | 0.869 |
| No | 382 (74.5%) | 452 (72.8%) | 25 (71.4%) | 156 (71.9%) | 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.