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- Title
Risk Factors Associated With Hookah Use.
- Authors
Cavazos-Rehg, Patricia A.; Krauss, Melissa J.; Yoonsang Kim; Emery, Sherry L.; Kim, Yoonsang
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Potential harms associated with hookah smoking are largely unrecognized and it is emerging as a trendy behavior. To help inform policy and preventive interventions, we used responses from a population survey of US adults to examine risk factors associated with hookah involvement.<bold>Method: </bold>An online survey of 17 522 US adults was conducted in 2013. The nationally representative sample was drawn from GfK Group's KnowledgePanel plus off-panel recruitment. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the relationships between tobacco use patterns across multiple products (cigarettes, cigars, and dissolvables), perceived harms towards regular pipe/hookah use, and demographic characteristics with hookah involvement (never used, ever used with/without reusing intent).<bold>Result: </bold>Nearly one in five (16%) of the respondents had smoked hookah at least once in their life ("ever users"). Ever users of hookah were at higher risk of having used cigarettes, cigars, and dissolvable tobacco products (all P < .01). Odds for hookah use were greater for those who perceived regular pipe/hookah use as less dangerous (P < .05). Odds for hookah involvement were higher among young adults (P < .001), individuals with higher educational attainment (P < .01), and Hispanics/Latinos (P < .05).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Information about the public health harms associated with hookah smoking should be delivered to individuals at-risk for hookah smoking. It is likely that misconceptions about the safety of hookah smoking could be driving, at least in-part, its increase in popularity.
- Subjects
HOOKAHS; TOBACCO use; PUBLIC health; TRAFFIC safety; EDUCATIONAL attainment; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2015, Vol 17, Issue 12, p1482
- ISSN
1462-2203
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/ntr/ntv029