Vape changing the perception of youth

Vape; Changing The Perception of Youth

DR NOR ARYANA HASSANPUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST

3rd AUGUST 2016 SYMPOSIUM 1 NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE

HOTEL EQUATORIAL MELAKA

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E-cigs invented in China. 2006 entered US& Europes. Early 2009 in Malaysia.

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Experimenting – psychosocial motives◦ Wanting to be cool or an adult◦ Hides their insecurities

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Posits that people learn from another through observation

Observe behaviours, attitudes and outcomes of the behaviours

Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura

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‘Gateway’ to smoking (Primack et al. 2015, Leventhal et al. 2015 and Bunnell et al. 2015).

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smokefree Malaysia !

Malaysia a tobacco free nation by 2045

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Your Role……

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