International Journal of Humanities, Management, and Social Science (IJ-HuMaSS)
Vol 5 No 1: June 2022

Use and Perceptions of Electronic Cigarettes among Young Chinese Generation: Expanding the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Wang, Lei (Unknown)
Zhang, Qi (Unknown)
Cao, Meng-Ru (Unknown)
Weng Wong, Philip Pong (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jun 2022

Abstract

The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) is recognized as powerful predictive model to explain consumer purchase behaviour. However, there have been relatively few studies that determine the role of TPB’s constructs in e-cigarettes decision-making process. Moreover, the TPB ignores the impulsive motivation (i.e., hedonism) and unconscious motivation (i.e., habit) and perceived knowledge in the literature. This study adopted a quantitative method based on a survey with 293 young respondents using e-cigarettes. The proposed hypotheses were empirically tested with SPPS and AMOS. This study revealed that perceived knowledge positively influenced attitude, subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioural control (PBC) respectively. The results showed a positive relationship between attitude, SN, PBC and intention, and intention positively influenced actual e-cigarettes use behaviour. The results also demonstrated how consumers’ hedonic motivation and habit influence intention. Lastly, the theoretical and practical implications and limitations were discussed.

Copyrights © 2022






Journal Info

Abbrev

ij-humass

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Description

International Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Science (IJ-HuMaSS), with registered number ISSN 2685-2330 (print), ISSN 2685-2322 (online) is a scientific journal that published by Lamintang Education & Training Centre in the international level that covered many main problems in the ...