Analysis on NYTS 2021: Socio-demographic Factors and Its Effect on Harm Perception of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking

Angelbert Pinpin (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Rad Rien Quizon (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Keanno Stevinz Rabe (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Marie Antoinette Rosete (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)

Universal Journal of Science and Technology
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): September 2022

In this modern era of enhancement, basic to secondary human necessities and desires evolve. Smoking cigarettes has been a problem since then and policies and laws are promulgated to address the smoking problem that every nation faces. Background knowledge and personal social demographics may affect their harmful perception of smoking– whether it is an e-cigarette or a traditional cigarette. This research tackles and determines how socio-demographics such as age, gender, and grade level attained can impact the harmful perception of cigarette and e-cigarette consumption. This study further discusses the socio-demographics and its relationship with harm perception on cigarette and e-cigarette smoking. A survey questionnaire from the National Youth Tobacco Survey 2021 was used as a reference and basis to test whether age, gender, and grade level would affect the harm perception on the usage of cigarettes and e-cigarettes and then Multinomial Logistic Regression. Further testing revealed that gender and grade level positively affects the harmful perception of cigarette and e-cigarette smoking, contrary to age which negatively affects said perception.